But you are a chosen race,[a](A)[b] a royal priesthood,(B)[c]
a holy nation,(C)[d] a people for His possession,(D)[e]
so that you may proclaim the praises[f](E)[g]
of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.(F)
10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,(G)
but now you have received mercy.

A Call to Good Works

11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents(H) to abstain(I) from fleshly(J) desires that war against you.[h](K)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:9 Or generation, or nation
  2. 1 Peter 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX
  3. 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6
  4. 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX
  5. 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX
  6. 1 Peter 2:9 Or the mighty deeds
  7. 1 Peter 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21
  8. 1 Peter 2:11 Or against the soul

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