1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peop…”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

World English Bible

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

American Standard Version

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Geneva Bible 1599

But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,

Darby Translation

But ye [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

Young's Literal Translation

and ye [are] a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Bible in Basic English

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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Cross references

“a chosen”

Deuteronomy 10:15 Psalm 33:12 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 44:1 1 Peter 1:2 Psalm 22:30

Deuteronomy 10:15 · BSB

Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Psalm 33:12 · BSB

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Isaiah 41:8 · BSB

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

Isaiah 44:1 · BSB

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

1 Peter 1:2 · BSB

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Psalm 22:30 · BSB

Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

“a royal”

Revelation 1:6 Revelation 5:10 Isaiah 61:6 Revelation 20:6 Isaiah 66:21 Exodus 19:5

Revelation 1:6 · BSB

who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 5:10 · BSB

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

Isaiah 61:6 · BSB

But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

Revelation 20:6 · BSB

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Isaiah 66:21 · BSB

“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

“an holy”

2 Timothy 1:9 Isaiah 26:2 1 Corinthians 3:17 Psalm 106:5 John 17:19

2 Timothy 1:9 · BSB

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Isaiah 26:2 · BSB

Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter— one that remains faithful.

1 Corinthians 3:17 · BSB

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Psalm 106:5 · BSB

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

John 17:19 · BSB

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

“peculiar”

Deuteronomy 7:6 Deuteronomy 14:2 Titus 2:14 Deuteronomy 4:20 Acts 20:28 Ephesians 1:14

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Deuteronomy 4:20 · BSB

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Acts 20:28 · BSB

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Ephesians 1:14 · BSB

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

“shew”

Isaiah 60:1–3 Matthew 5:16 1 Peter 4:11 Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 3:21 Isaiah 43:21

Isaiah 60:1–3 · BSB

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

Matthew 5:16 · BSB

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

1 Peter 4:11 · BSB

If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory…

Ephesians 1:6 · BSB

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 3:21 · BSB

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Isaiah 43:21 · BSB

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

“who”

Ephesians 5:8–11 Colossians 1:13 Isaiah 9:2 Philippians 3:14 Matthew 4:16 1 Thessalonians 5:4–8

Ephesians 5:8–11 · BSB

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Colossians 1:13 · BSB

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Isaiah 9:2 · BSB

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

Philippians 3:14 · BSB

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 4:16 · BSB

the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

1 Thessalonians 5:4–8 · BSB

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

Also

1 Peter 2:5 Acts 26:18 Isaiah 42:16 Isaiah 43:20–21

1 Peter 2:5 · BSB

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:18 · BSB

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not for…

Isaiah 43:20–21 · BSB

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Read 1 Peter 2