But you are a chosen race,[a](A)[b] a royal priesthood,(B)[c]
a holy nation,(C)[d] a people for His possession,(D)[e]
so that you may proclaim the praises[f](E)[g]
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.

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But you are a chosen race,[a] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light, 10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God, the ones who were not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:9 Or “people,” or “generation,” or “nation”
  2. 1 Peter 2:10 This verse contains quotations from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23