⁹ But you are ^(A)a chosen race, ^(B)a royal ^(C)priesthood, ^(D)a holy nation, ^(E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^(F)out of darkness into ^(G)his marvelous light.

¹⁰ For ^(A)we are his workmanship, ^(B)created in Christ Jesus ^(C)for good works, ^(D)which God prepared beforehand, ^(E)that we should walk in them.

^21 (A)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^(B)a holy temple in the Lord. ²² In him ^(C)you also are being built together ^(D)into a dwelling place for God by^[a] the Spirit.