Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Peculiar
General references
Bible References
A chosen
1 Peter 1:2
chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
A royal
Revelation 1:6
and made us a kingdom, priests to God his Father, to him be the glory and the dominion for ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10
and hast made them a kingdom and priests, and they reign on the earth.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on these the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Peculiar
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 1:14
which is a pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people to be his own, zealous in good works.
Shew
1 Peter 4:11
If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Matthew 5:16
In like manner let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved;
Ephesians 3:21
to him be the glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 2:15
that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,
General references
Romans 9:16
So then it dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.