1 Peter 2:9

God's Word

However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Cross References

Psalm 106:5

so that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, find joy in our people’s happiness, and brag with the people who belong to you.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and he has given us light. March in a festival procession with branches to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 135:4

The Lord chose Jacob to be his own and chose Israel to be his own special treasure.

Psalm 22:30

There will be descendants who serve him, a generation that will be told about the Lord.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Blessed are the people he has chosen as his own.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will continue to talk like that,” I would have betrayed God’s people.

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates, and let the righteous nation come in, the nation that remains faithful.

Isaiah 41:8

“But you are my servant Israel, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the descendant of Abraham, my dear friend.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads. I will lead them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light in front of them. I will make rough places smooth. These are the things I will do for them, and I will never abandon them.

Isaiah 44:1

But now listen, my servant Jacob, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 61:6

You will be called the priests of the Lord. You will be called the servants of our God. You will consume the wealth of the nations. You will boast in their splendor.

Isaiah 62:12

They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the Lord, and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

Isaiah 66:21

“I will make some of them priests and Levites,” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness will see a bright light. The light will shine on those who live in the land of death’s shadow.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be mine,” says the Lord of Armies. “On that day I will make them my special possession. I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Matthew 4:16

The people who lived in darkness have seen a bright light. A light has risen for those who live in a land overshadowed by death.”

Matthew 5:16

In the same way let your light shine in front of people. Then they will see the good that you do and praise your Father in heaven.

Luke 1:79

He will give light to those who live in the dark and in death’s shadow. He will guide us into the way of peace.”

John 17:19

I’m dedicating myself to this holy work I’m doing for them so that they, too, will use the truth to be holy.

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.

Acts 26:18

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’

Acts 26:28

Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think you can quickly persuade me to become a Christian?”

Romans 9:24

This is what God did for us whom he called—whether we are Jews or not.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him because God’s temple is holy. You are that holy temple!

Ephesians 1:14

This Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will receive our inheritance. We have this guarantee until we are set free to belong to him. God receives praise and glory for this.

Ephesians 1:6

so that the kindness  he had given us in his dear Son would be praised and given glory.

Ephesians 3:21

Glory belongs to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity! Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are people who are holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the people who live on earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his own special possession.

Deuteronomy 18:2

So the Levites will have no land of their own like the other Israelites. The Lord will be their inheritance, as he promised them.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are the people the Lord brought out of Egypt, the iron smelter, in order to make you his own people as you still are today.

Deuteronomy 7:6

You are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He chose you to be his own special possession out of all the nations on earth.

Philippians 3:14

I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of his Son, whom he loves.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and called us to be holy, not because of what we had done, but because of his own plan and kindness. Before the world began, God planned that Christ Jesus would show us God’s kindness.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father knew you long ago and chose you to live holy lives with the Spirit’s help so that you are obedient to Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. May good will  and peace fill your lives!

1 Peter 2:5

You come to him as living stones, a spiritual house that is being built into a holy priesthood. So offer spiritual sacrifices that God accepts through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks must speak God’s words. Whoever serves must serve with the strength God supplies so that in every way God receives glory through Jesus Christ. Glory and power belong to Jesus Christ forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 1:6

and has made us a kingdom, priests for God his Father. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who are included the first time that people come back to life. The second death has no power over them. They will continue to be priests of God and Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.

Revelation 5:10

You made them a kingdom and priests for our God. They will rule as kings on the earth.”

1 Samuel 12:22

For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not abandon his people, because the Lord wants to make you his people.