1 Peter 2:9
1 Peter 2 · shown in the Douay-Rheims
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Read 1 Peter 2:9 in the NABRE onlineBut you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Reflection
Four identities in one verse: chosen, royal, holy, special. Each one is given, not earned. The purpose follows the identity: you are all these things so that you may declare his praises. Being comes before doing.
A chosen people
Four identities in one verse: chosen, royal, holy, special. Each one is given, not earned. The purpose follows the identity — you are all these things so that you may declare his praises. Being comes before doing, and the doing is the overflow, not the entrance exam.
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