1 Peter 2:9–11

9 But you are a chosen race,M,N,m a royal priesthood,O,n a holy nation,P,o a people for his possession,Q,p so that you may proclaim the praisesR,S,q of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.r 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy,s but now you have received mercy.

A CALL TO GOOD WORKS

11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exilest to abstainu from sinfulv desires that wage war against the soul.w

M	Or generation, or nation
N	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20 *
m	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20
O	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 * Is 61:6
n	Is 61:6 Re 1:6 Re 5:10 Re 20:6
P	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 *
o	Ex 19:6
Q	Ex 19:5 Ex 23:22 * Dt 4:20 Dt 7:6 Is 43:21 *
p	Ex 34:9 Dt 7:6 Ps 33:12 Is 43:21 Tt 2:14
R	Or the mighty deeds
S	Is 42:12 Is 43:21
q	Is 42:12 Is 43:21
r	Is 9:2 Ac 26:18 Eph 5:8 Col 1:12–13
s	Mt 5:7 Mk 5:19 Lk 1:50
t	1 Pe 1:1
u	1 Ti 4:3
v	Ro 7:23 Php 3:3
w	Ga 5:17 Jas 4:1