1 Peter 2:9-12
Christian Standard Bible
9 But you are a chosen race,[a][b](A) a royal priesthood,[c](B) a holy nation,[d](C) a people for his possession,[e](D) so that you may proclaim the praises[f][g](E) of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(F) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy,(G) but now you have received mercy.
A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles(H) to abstain(I) from sinful(J) desires that wage war against the soul.(K) 12 Conduct(L) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[h] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.(M)
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