1 Peter 2

9 But you are a chosen race,* 2:9 Or generation, or nation,* 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX,* 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20a royal priesthood,* 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6,* 2:9 Is 61:6; Rv 1:6; 5:10; 20:6a holy nation,* 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX ,* 2:9 Ex 19:6a people for his possession,* 2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX,* 2:9 Ex 34:9; Dt 7:6; Ps 33:12; Is 43:21; Ti 2:14so that you may proclaim the praises* 2:9 Or the mighty deeds,* 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21,* 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21 of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.  * 2:9 Is 9:2; Ac 26:18; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12–1310 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy,  * 2:10 Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50 but now you have received mercy.