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But you are a chosen people,[a] the King’s cohanim,[b] a holy nation,[c] a people for God to possess![d] Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:9 Isaiah 43:20; Deuteronomy 7:6; 10:15
  2. 1 Peter 2:9 Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6
  3. 1 Peter 2:9 Exodus 19:6
  4. 1 Peter 2:9 Isaiah 43:21; Exodus 19:5
  5. 1 Peter 2:10 Hosea 2:25(23)

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

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