1 Peter 2:9-10
New International Version
9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10
King James Version
9 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;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
New American Standard Bible
9 But you are (A)a chosen people, a royal (B)priesthood, a (C)holy nation, (D)a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you (E)out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (F)for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
Amplified Bible
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.(A) 10 Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.(B)
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1 Peter 2:9-10
The Message
9-10 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.
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