1 Peter 2:9 — Community Reflections

1 PETER 2:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“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:”

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light — the cluster of designations (chosen genos, royal priesthood, holy ethnos, laos peripeios) draws from Exodus 19:5-6 and Isaiah 43:20-21, reapplying Israel's covenantal status to Christian believers. The purpose (hopōs) is to 'declare the excellencies' (aretē) of the one who called believers from 'darkness into marvelous light' (skotos... to thaumaston phōs), establishing that believers' identity is fundamentally missionary.

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Anna WestbrookNote1mo ago

The Royal Priesthood Nobody Believes In

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