⁹But ye are ^ca chosen generation, ^da royal priesthood, ^ean holy nation, ^||^fa peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the ^||^gpraises of ^hhim who hath called you ⁱout of darkness into his marvellous light: ¹⁰^kWhich in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹¹Dearly beloved, ^lI beseech you ^mas ⁿstrangers and ^opilgrims, ^pabstain from ^qfleshly lusts, ^rwhich war against the soul; ¹²^sHaving your ^tconversation honest among the Gentiles: that, ^||^uwhereas they speak against you as ^wevildoers, they may ^xby your good works, which they shall ^ybehold, ^zglorify God in the day of ^avisitation.

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1 Peter 2:9: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Footnotes

c Deut. 10:15. See ch. 1:2.
d Ex. 19:6. Rev. 1:6. & 5:10. & 22:5. Comp. Ps. 45:16. So Isai. 61:6. & 66:21. ver. 5. Rev. 20:6.
eSo Deut. 26:19. Heb. 3:1.
||Or, a purchased people. So Eph. 1:14.
fSo Isai. 43:21. Acts 20:28. Eph. 1:14. See Tit. 2:14.
||Or, virtues. 2 Pet. 1:3.
g Isai. 42:12. & 43:21 in the Gk.
hver. 21. See Rom. 8:30.
iSee Acts 26:18.
lSee Rom. 12:1.
mSee Lev. 25:23.
n Eph. 2:19 (Gk.). See ch. 1:17.
oSee ch. 1:1.
pSee Rom. 13:14.
qSo Gal. 5:24.
rSee James 4:1.
sSo Phil. 2:15. Tit. 2:8. ver. 15. See Rom. 12:17.
tSee Gal. 1:13. Comp. James 3:13.
||Or, wherein. Heb. 2:18. ch. 3:19. & 4:4 in the Gk.
uch. 3:16. So Acts 28:22. ch. 4:14.
w John 18:30 (Gk.). ver. 14. ch. 3:16. & 4:15.
ych. 3:2. So 2 Pet. 1:16.
zSee 2 Cor. 9:13.
a Luke 19:44. See Wisd. 2:20.

Cross references

k Hos. 1:9, 10. & 2:23. Rom. 9:25, 26.
x Matt. 5:16.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once 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.

Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul. Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

“Once you had no identity as a people;

now you are God’s people.

Once you received no mercy;

now you have received God’s mercy.”

Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you are a chosen race, 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, 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.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul, maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.