1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

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Summary

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

A chosen

Isaiah 44:1

A royal

Peculiar

Titus 2:14

Shew

Philippians 2:15

General references

Bible References

A chosen

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Only Jehovah had a delight in your fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you above all people, as it is today.

A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah; the people He has chosen for His inheritance.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen;

A royal

And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.

But you will be named the priests of Jehovah; it will be said of you, Ministers of our God; you will eat the riches of the nations, and you will revel in their glory.

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.

and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

And You made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign over the earth.

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.

Peculiar

But Jehovah has taken you and brought you out from the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be a special people to Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.

And Jehovah has taken you today to be His peculiar people, as He has promised you, and to keep all His commandments,

Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.

who is the earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Shew

If anyone speaks, let it be as the words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as of the ability which God gives, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory, and the might forever and ever. Amen.

This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen on you.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen.

so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,

General references

And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Jehovah your God.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.

And we shall be, also we, like all the nations, so that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.

to declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

Let Israel now say that His mercy endures forever.

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

and said to Me, You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.

nor shall the priests the Levites lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice forever.

So then it is not of the one willing, nor of the one running, but of God, the One showing mercy.