1 Peter 2:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Cross References

Psalm 106:5

So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

Psalm 22:30

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

Psalm 73:15

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

Isaiah 26:2

Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

Isaiah 41:8

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Isaiah 42:16

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Isaiah 44:1

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

Isaiah 61:6

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.

Isaiah 62:12

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

Isaiah 66:21

And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

Malachi 3:17

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

Matthew 5:16

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Luke 1:79

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

John 17:19

And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

Acts 20:28

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Acts 26:18

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.

Romans 9:24

Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

Ephesians 1:14

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

Ephesians 3:21

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

Deuteronomy 10:15

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 18:2

And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Philippians 3:14

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

2 Timothy 1:9

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

1 Peter 1:2

Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

1 Peter 2:5

You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

Revelation 1:6

And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

Revelation 20:6

Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

Revelation 5:10

And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.