1 Peter 2:8-10

Modern English Version

⁸ and,

They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. ¹⁰ In times past, you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.