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But de you hymeis are a chosen eklektos race genos, a royal basileios priesthood hierateuma, a holy hagios nation ethnos, a people laos for eis his own possession peripoiēsis, so that hopōs you may declare exangellō the ho glorious deeds aretē of the ho one who called kaleō you hymeis out of ek darkness skotos into eis · ho his autos marvelous thaumastos light phōs. 10 At one time pote you hos were not ou a people laos, but de now nyn you are the people laos of God theos. You ho were shown no ou mercy eleeō, but de now nyn have received mercy eleeō.

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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