But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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Now (A)therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and (B)keep My covenant, then (C)you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is (D)Mine. And you shall be to Me a (E)kingdom of priests and a (F)holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

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Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine, you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. You

“For you are a [a]holy people to the Lord your God; (A)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart

For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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and has (A)made us [a]kings and priests to His God and Father, (B)to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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  1. Revelation 1:6 NU, M a kingdom

and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(A) to serve his God and Father(B)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(C)

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10 And have made [a]us (A)kings[b] and (B)priests to our God;
And [c]we shall reign on the earth.”

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  1. Revelation 5:10 NU, M them
  2. Revelation 5:10 NU a kingdom
  3. Revelation 5:10 NU, M they

10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(A) to serve our God,
    and they will reign[a] on the earth.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign

(A)But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
(B)You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.

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And you will be called priests(A) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(B) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

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who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, (A)not according to our works, but (B)according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus (C)before time began,

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He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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18 Also today (A)the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you (B)high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be (C)a [a]holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 26:19 consecrated

18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession(A) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19 He has declared that he will set you in praise,(B) fame and honor high above all the nations(C) he has made and that you will be a people holy(D) to the Lord your God, as he promised.

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(A)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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for you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(C)

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Walk in Light

For you were once darkness, but now you are (A)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for (B)the fruit of the [a]Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 (C)finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have (D)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [b]expose them.

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  1. Ephesians 5:9 NU light
  2. Ephesians 5:11 reprove

For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B) (for the fruit(C) of the light consists in all goodness,(D) righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(E) 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(F) but rather expose them.

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you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

14 (A)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed (B)and purify for Himself (C)His own special people, zealous for good works.

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14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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15 The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their [a]descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:15 Lit. seed

15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(A) them, and he chose you,(B) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(C)

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