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1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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ASV

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
γένοςgenos[are] a raceG1085 →
ἐκλεκτόν,eklektonchosen,G1588 →
βασίλειονbasileiona royalG934 →
ἱεράτευμα,hi'erateumapriesthood,G2406 →
ἔθνοςethnosa nationG1484 →
ἅγιον,hagionholy,G40 →
λαὸςlaosa peopleG2992 →
εἰςeisfor [His]G1519 →
περιποίησιν,peripoiēsinpossession,G4047 →
ὅπωςhopōsso thatG3704 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
ἀρετὰςaretasexcellenciesG703 →
ἐξαγγείλητεexangeilēteyou may proclaimG1804 →
τοῦtouof the [One]G3588 →
ἐκekout ofG1537 →
σκότουςskotousdarknessG4655 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
καλέσαντοςkalesantoshaving calledG2564 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
θαυμαστὸνthaumastonmarvelousG2298 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
φῶς·phōslight;G5457 →

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Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.Revelation 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.Deuteronomy 26:18–19And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.Ephesians 5:8–11For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.1 Corinthians 6:20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In loveTitus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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