1 Peter 2:9

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Revelation 1:6

and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 5:10

and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Isaiah 61:6

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

2 Timothy 1:9

who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Colossians 1:13

who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

1 Corinthians 3:17

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Acts 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Isaiah 41:8

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 9:2

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 44:1

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Matthew 4:16

The people which sat in darkness Saw great light; And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death Light is sprung up.

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Luke 1:79

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the good of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Romans 9:24

even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

1 Peter 4:11

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; Behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve him; It shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation.

Ephesians 1:14

which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Ephesians 3:21

unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

Psalm 118:27

God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Psalm 135:4

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Isaiah 62:12

And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Malachi 3:17

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Deuteronomy 18:2

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.