1 Peter 2:8-12

English Standard Version

⁸ and

They stumble because they disobey the word, ^(B)as they were destined to do.

⁹ But you are ^(C)a chosen race, ^(D)a royal ^(E)priesthood, ^(F)a holy nation, ^(G)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^(H)out of darkness into ^(I)his marvelous light. ^10 (J)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

¹¹ Beloved, I urge you ^(K)as sojourners and exiles ^(L)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, ^(M)which wage war against your soul. ^12 (N)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(O)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(P)the day of visitation.