1 Peter 2:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6

Do this because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people who belong only to him.

Revelation 1:6

He made us his kingdom and priests who serve God his Father. To Jesus be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 5:10

You made them to be a kingdom and to be priests for our God. And they will rule on the earth.”

Isaiah 61:6

You will be called, ‘The Lord’s Priests,’ ‘The Servants of our God.’ You will be proud of all the riches that have come to you from all the nations on earth.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people, but not because of anything we ourselves did. God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

Deuteronomy 14:2

This is because you are different from other people. You belong to the Lord your God. From all the people in the world, the Lord chose you to be his own special people.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, and God is using you to build a spiritual house. You are to serve God in this house as holy priests, offering him spiritual sacrifices that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

Deuteronomy 10:15

The Lord loved your ancestors very much. He loved them so much that he chose you, their descendants, to be his people. He chose you instead of any other nation, and you are still his chosen people today.

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates for the good people to enter. They are the God’s faithful followers.

Acts 26:18

You will make them able to understand the truth. They will turn away from darkness to the light. They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can be given a place among God’s people—those who have been made holy by believing in me.’”

Revelation 20:6

Great blessings belong to those who share in this first resurrection. They are God’s holy people. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests for God and for Christ. They will rule with him for 1000 years.

Psalm 33:12

Great blessings belong to those who have the Lord as their God! He chose them to be his own special people.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt to make you his own special people. He saved you from Egypt. It was as if he pulled you from a hot furnace. And now you are his people.

Colossians 1:13

God made us free from the power of darkness. And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If you destroy God’s temple, God will destroy you, because God’s temple is holy. You yourselves are God’s temple.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.

Isaiah 66:21

I will also choose some of these people to be priests and Levites.” The Lord himself said this.

Isaiah 42:16

Then I will lead the blind along a path they never knew to places where they have never been before. I will change darkness into light for them. I will make the rough ground smooth. I will do these things for them; I will not abandon my people.

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord says, “You, Israel, are my servant. Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend, Abraham.

Isaiah 9:2

Those people lived in darkness, but they will see a great light. They lived in a place as dark as death, but a great light will shine on them.

Philippians 3:14

I keep running hard toward the finish line to get the prize that is mine because God has called me through Christ Jesus to life up there in heaven.

Isaiah 44:1

“Jacob, you are my servant. Israel, I chose you. Listen to me!

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in spiritual darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined for those who live in the land that is as dark as a grave.” Isaiah 9:1-2

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you and to make you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will enjoy more and more of God’s grace and peace.

Luke 1:79

It will bring light to those who live in darkness, in the fear of death. It will guide us into the way that brings peace.”

Psalm 106:5

Let me share in the good things that you do for your chosen people. Let me rejoice with your nation. Let me join with your people in praise.

Romans 9:24

We are those people, the ones God chose not only from the Jews but also from those who are not Jews.

Acts 26:28

King Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think you can persuade me to become a ‘Christ-follower’ so easily?”

1 Peter 4:11

If your gift is speaking, your words should be like words from God. If your gift is serving, you should serve with the strength that God gives. Then it is God who will be praised in everything through Jesus Christ. Power and glory belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 1:6

And this brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely. He gave us that grace in Christ, the one he loves.

Psalm 73:15

I wanted to tell others these things, but that would have made me a traitor to your people.

Psalm 22:30

Our descendants will serve him. Those who are not yet born will be told about him.

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is the first payment that guarantees we will get all that God has for us. Then we will enjoy complete freedom as people who belong to him. The goal for all of us is the praise of God in all his glory.

John 17:19

I am making myself completely ready to serve you. I do this for them, so that they also might be fully qualified for your service.

Ephesians 3:21

To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever and ever. Amen.

1 Samuel 12:22

“But the Lord won’t leave his people. No, the Lord was pleased to make you his own people. So for his own good name, he won’t leave you.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and he accepts us. Tie up the lamb for the sacrifice and carry it to the horns of the altar.”

Psalm 135:4

The Lord chose Jacob to be his own. Yes, he chose Israel to be his own people.

Isaiah 62:12

His people will be called “The Holy People,” “The Saved People of the Lord.” And you, Jerusalem, will be called “The City God Wants,” “The City God Is With.”

Malachi 3:17

The Lord All-Powerful said, “They belong to me. I will be kind to them. Parents are very kind to their children who obey them. In the same way I will be kind to my followers.

Deuteronomy 18:2

The tribe of Levi will not get any share of land like the other tribes. Their share is the Lord himself, as he said to them.