1 Peter 2:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may shew forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. [Exod. 19:5, 6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Common English Bible

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people who are God’s own possession. You have become this people so that you may speak of the wonderful acts of the one who called you out of darkness into his amazing light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

1 Peter 2:9 Cross References

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.

Psalm 118:27

The LORD is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Psalm 135:4

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth truth may enter in.

Isaiah 41:8

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;

Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:1

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Isaiah 61:6

But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD: men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Isaiah 62:12

And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Isaiah 66:21

And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 9:2

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Malachi 3:17

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in the day that I do make, even a peculiar treasure; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Matthew 4:16

The people which sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

Matthew 5:16

Even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Luke 1:79

To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 20:28

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

Romans 9:24

even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

1 Corinthians 3:17

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Ephesians 1:14

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

Ephesians 3:21

unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 18:2

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:6

and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 5:10

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto himself.