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They are not merely individuals selected one by one and left in isolation, but a tribe consolidated, only the bond henceforth is not merely one of common physical descent. A royal priesthood, an holy nation. —These words are a direct quotation from Exodus 19:6, according to the LXX. version.
David Guzik commentary on 1 Peter 2, where Peter explains how to come to Jesus through His word and how those who have come to Jesus are to live.
Gill's Exposition of the Bible explains the meaning and application of 1 Peter 2:9, which describes the elect as a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people. He refers to Old Testament passages and contrasts the spiritual blessings of God's people with their external privileges.
1 Ιουν 2022 · What does 1 Peter 2:9 say? “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
23 Αυγ 2023 · In 1 Peter 2:9, the apostle Peter describes believers in Jesus Christ with these remarkable words: “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (NKJV).
Compare different versions of 1 Peter 2:9, a verse that describes believers as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and God's own possession. See how the verse is translated in ESV, NIV, NASB, CSB, NLT, KJV, and NKJV.
All hortations that follow grow out of this our relation to God: 1) since he who begot us is holy, we, too, must be holy (1 Peter 1:13-16); 2) since he is our Judge and has ransomed us at so great a price, we must conduct ourselves with fear (1 Peter 1:17-21); 3) since we are begotten of the incorruptible seed of the Word we are brethren, and ...
