And you will be called priests(A) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(B) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

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you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(A) and a holy nation.’(B) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. You

you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

Then you will look and be radiant,(A)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;(B)
the wealth(C) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
Herds of camels(D) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian(E) and Ephah.(F)
And all from Sheba(G) will come,
    bearing gold and incense(H)
    and proclaiming the praise(I) of the Lord.
All Kedar’s(J) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(K) on my altar,(L)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.(M)

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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)

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21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(A) and Levites,” says the Lord.

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Blessed(A) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death(B) has no power over them, but they will be priests(C) of God and of Christ and will reign with him(D) for a thousand years.

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10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(A) to serve our God,
    and they will reign[a] on the earth.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign

23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E)

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The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed.

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Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;

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What, after all, is Apollos?(A) And what is Paul? Only servants,(B) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.

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26 For Macedonia(A) and Achaia(B) were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.(C) 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.(D)

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A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

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28 One of them, named Agabus,(A) stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world.(B) (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)(C) 29 The disciples,(D) as each one was able, decided to provide help(E) for the brothers and sisters(F) living in Judea. 30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders(G) by Barnabas(H) and Saul.(I)

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11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(A) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)’”

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12 For this is what the Lord says:

“I will extend peace(A) to her like a river,(B)
    and the wealth(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.

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16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(A) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(B) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(C)
    your Redeemer,(D) the Mighty One of Jacob.(E)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,(F)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace(G) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.(H)

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10 “Foreigners(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(C) I will show you compassion.(D)
11 Your gates(E) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(F)
    their kings(G) led in triumphal procession.

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18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(A) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(B) for abundant food and fine clothes.(C)

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and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(A) to serve his God and Father(B)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(C)

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11 So Christ himself gave(A) the apostles,(B) the prophets,(C) the evangelists,(D) the pastors and teachers,(E) 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ(F) may be built up(G)

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