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1 Peter 2:10

Identity and self-worthMercy and compassion

8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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BSB
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
KJV
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
WEB
In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
ASV
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
DARBY
who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
BLB
who once [were] not a people, but now [are] the people of God—those not having received mercy, but now having received mercy.
ÅB
Dere som før i tiden ikke var et folk, men nå er Guds folk, dere som ikke hadde funnet miskunn, men nå har fått miskunn.
OTB
dere som før ikke var et folk, men nå er Guds folk; dere som ikke hadde fått miskunn, men nå har fått miskunn.
B1930
I som fordum ikke var et folk, men nu er Guds folk, I som ikke hadde funnet miskunn, men nu har fått miskunn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 2:23

    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

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  • Hosea 1:9–10

    And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

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  • Hebrews 4:16

    Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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  • Romans 9:25–26

    As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

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  • Romans 11:6–7

    And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

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  • Romans 10:19

    I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

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  • Romans 11:30

    Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

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  • 1 Timothy 1:13

    I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

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