1 Peter 2:9

Free Bible Version

In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he's done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Cross References

Psalm 106:5

Let me see your chosen people prosperous; let me be happy together with your nation; let me share in being proud of you with those who belong to you.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and his goodness shines on us. Branches in hand, start the procession up towards the altar.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel as his very own.

Psalm 22:30

Our descendants will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as specially belonging to him.

Psalm 73:15

If I'd talked like this to others, I would have betrayed your people.

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates so the nation that does right may enter, the nation that stays faithful.

Isaiah 41:8

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, the ones I have chosen, descendants of my friend Abraham,

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.

Isaiah 44:1

But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, the one I've chosen.

Isaiah 61:6

You will be called priests of the Lord, identified as ministers of our God. You will enjoy the wealth of nations and be proud that you have it.

Isaiah 62:12

They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called the Sought-After Place, A City No Longer Abandoned.

Isaiah 66:21

I will choose some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:2

People walking in the dark will see a bright light; a light will shine on those living in a land of total darkness.

Malachi 3:17

They shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, my prized possession on the day when I take action. I will treat them kindly, as a father treats an obedient son.

Matthew 4:16

The people living in darkness saw a great light; the light of dawn has shined on those living in the land of the shadow of death.”

Matthew 5:16

In the same way you should let your light shine before everyone so they can see the good things you do and praise your heavenly Father.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and under the shadow of death, and to guide us along the path of peace.”

John 17:19

I dedicate myself for them so that they may also be truly holy.

Acts 20:28

Take care of yourselves and of all the flock, which the Holy Spirit has given to you to supervise. Feed the Lord's church which he bought with his own blood.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and so they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’

Acts 26:28

“Do you think you can convince me to become a Christian so quickly?” Agrippa asked Paul.

Romans 9:24

This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...

1 Corinthians 3:17

Anyone who destroys God's temple will be destroyed by God, for God's temple is holy, and you are the temple.

Ephesians 1:14

which is a down-payment on our inheritance when God redeems what he's kept safe for himself—us, who will praise and give him glory!

Ephesians 1:6

So we praise him for his glorious grace that he so kindly gave us in his beloved Son.

Ephesians 3:21

may he be glorified in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet the Lord was attracted to your forefathers and he loved them. He has also chosen you, their descendants, above any other people, even until now.

Deuteronomy 14:2

because you are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. The Lord chose you as his special people out of all the nations on earth.

Deuteronomy 18:2

While they don't own land among the other tribes, the Lord takes care of them, as he promised.

Deuteronomy 4:20

Remember that the Lord took you and led you out of the iron furnace which was in Egypt to be his own people, just as you are today.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are the Lord your God's holy people. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special people, valued above all other peoples on the earth.

Philippians 3:14

I run towards the finish line to win the prize of God's invitation to heaven through Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

He rescued us from the tyranny of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who has saved us and called us to live a holy life—not through what we do, but by God's own plan and through his grace.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, so that he could set us free from all our wickedness, and to make us clean for him—a people who belong to him, keen to do good.

1 Peter 1:2

You were chosen by God the Father in his wisdom, made holy by the Spirit, so that you might obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. May you have grace and peace more and more!

1 Peter 2:5

you also become like living stones, being built into a spiritual house. You are a holy priesthood that offers spiritual sacrifices that God welcomes through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

Anyone who speaks should do so as though God is speaking through them. Anyone who wants to help others should do so through the strength that God gives, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. May glory and power be his forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:6

who made us into his kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to Jesus be glory and authority for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who take part in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God, and of Christ, and they will reign with him for one thousand years.

Revelation 5:10

You made them into a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

1 Samuel 12:22

The fact is because of the kind of person the Lord is, he won't give up on his people, because he was happy to claim you as his own.