1 Peter 2:9

but you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people; that you should declare the perfections of him who has called you from darkness into his marvelous light:

2 Peter 2:9

the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unrighteous to a day of judgment to be punished;

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Summary

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

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That the

1 Peter 2:9
but you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people; that you should declare the perfections of him who has called you from darkness into his marvelous light:
2 Peter 2:9
the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unrighteous to a day of judgment to be punished;