1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now, therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,(A) 6 but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”(B)
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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Revelation 1:6
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6 and made us a kingdom, priests serving[a] his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.(A)
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Revelation 5:10
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10 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving[a] our God,
and they will reign[b] on earth.”(A)
Isaiah 61:6
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6 but you shall be called priests of the Lord;
you shall be named ministers of our God;
you shall enjoy the wealth of the nations,
and in their riches you shall glory.(A)
2 Timothy 1:9
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9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,[a](A)
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- 1.9 Gk lacks began
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
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18 Today the Lord has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep all his commandments;(A) 19 for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.”(B)
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Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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1 Peter 2:5
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5 like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)
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- 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built
Ephesians 5:8-11
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8 for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A) 9 for the fruit of the light[a] is found in all that is good and right and true. 10 Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.(B)
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- 5.9 Other ancient authorities read of the Spirit
Deuteronomy 10:15
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15 yet the Lord set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today.(A)
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Titus 2:14
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14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.(A)
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Revelation 20:6
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6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.(A)
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Isaiah 26:2
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2 Open the gates,
so that the righteous nation that maintains faithfulness
may enter in.(A)
Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(A)
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Matthew 5:16
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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.(A)
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.(A)
2 For darkness shall cover the earth
and thick darkness the peoples,
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will appear over you.(B)
3 Nations shall come to your light
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.(C)
Deuteronomy 4:20
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20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron smelter, out of Egypt, to become a people of his very own possession, as you are now.(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:17
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17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;(A)
Colossians 1:13
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13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,(A)
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Acts 20:28
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28 Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God[a] that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.[b](A)
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Luke 1:79
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79 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)
Isaiah 66:21
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21 And I will also take some of them as priests and as Levites, says the Lord.(A)
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