TSK · 1 Peter 2:9

And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter– one that remains trustworthy.

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

The Lord Will Renew Israel“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”

You will be called,‘the LORD’s priests, servants of our God.’ You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Agrippa said to Paul,“In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?”

If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.

Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.