1 Peter 2

9 But you are *Deut. 10:15;Isa. 43:20a chosen race, *Ex. 19:6;Rev. 1:6;5:10a royal *Isa. 61:6;66:21priesthood, *Deut. 7:6a holy nation, *Ex. 19:5;Deut. 7:6;Isa. 43:21;Mal. 3:17a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you *[Isa. 42:16]; See Acts 26:18out of darkness into *Ps. 36:9his marvelous light. 10 *Hos. 1:6,9,10;2:23;Rom. 9:25,26;10:19Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.