1 Peter 2:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

“Once you were nobody. Now you are God's people. At one time no one had mercy on you. Now God has treated you with kindness.”

Cross References

Hosea 2:23

I will scatter the seeds and show mercy to Lo-Ruhamah. I will say to Lo-Ammi, “You are my people,” and they will answer, “You are our God.”

Hebrews 4:16

So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved grace, and we will find help.

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him.

Romans 10:19

Did the people of Israel understand or not? Moses answered this question when he told that the Lord had said, “I will make Israel jealous of people who are a nation of nobodies. I will make them angry with people who don't understand a thing.”

1 Corinthians 7:25

I don't know of anything the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.

Romans 11:30

At one time you Gentiles rejected God. But now Israel has rejected God, and you have been shown mercy.

2 Samuel 7:24

You have chosen Israel to be your people forever, and you have become their God.