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1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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ASV

who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

KJV

Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οἵoiwhoG3739 →
ποτεpoteonce [were]G4218 →
οὐounotG3756 →
λαός,laosa people,G2992 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
λαὸςlaos[the] peopleG2992 →
θεοῦ,theouof God,G2316 →
οἱhoithose [who]G3588 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἠλεημένοι,ēleēmenoireceived mercy,G1653 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ἐλεηθέντες.¶eleēthenteshaving received mercy.G1653 →

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Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”Romans 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Luke 19:9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.Romans 9:25–26As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.Hosea 1:9–10And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.Romans 11:6–7And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.Romans 10:19I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

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