1 Peter 2

9 But you are a chosen race,*Or "people," or "generation," or "nation" a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light, 10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God, the ones who were not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.*This verse contains quotations from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23