2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, In contrast to those who disobey and stumble, Peter’s addressees have believed and obeyed and thus become God’s chosen people. Verses 9–10 provide the culmination of verses 4–10. The four descriptions Peter uses are rooted in Exodus 19:6a and Isaiah 43:20–21.22 The first phrase is preferably translated “chosen race” (as in the NRSV).23 This phrase comes from Isaiah 43:20 where it describes Israel. Peter
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