1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
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1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Isaiah 43:21
Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
Hebrews 4:16
Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
Acts 15:14
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
Galatians 6:16
And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Romans 9:16
So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
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Hosea 2:23
And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.
Romans 9:25
As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.
Romans 9:26
And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
Hosea 1:9
And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Hosea 1:10
But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
Hosea 1:6
And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.
Hosea 2:1
Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Hosea 1:1
The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Isaiah 19:25
Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.
Isaiah 55:5
See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.
Isaiah 62:4
You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
Isaiah 65:1
I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.
Zechariah 2:11
And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
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1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
1 Peter 1:16
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
Psalms 4:3
See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Romans 6:18
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
Ephesians 5:8
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
1 Thessalonians 4:7
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
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Romans 11:30
For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
Romans 11:31
So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
Romans 11:32
For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
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1 Timothy 1:13
Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;
2 Corinthians 4:1
For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
1 Timothy 1:16
But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
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1 Peter 1:14
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
1 Peter 4:2
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
1 Peter 4:4
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
1 Peter 1:19
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
Ephesians 2:10
For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
2 Corinthians 5:17
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
1 Peter 1:23
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
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Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
Titus 2:12
Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
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1 Peter 2:4
To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
1 Peter 2:7
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
Hebrews 13:15
Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
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Ephesians 2:11
For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
Ephesians 2:12
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
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Exodus 19:5
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:6
And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18
And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
Deuteronomy 26:19
And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:38
And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
Genesis 17:7
And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Deuteronomy 27:9
Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
2 Samuel 7:23
And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
2 Samuel 7:24
But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
Psalms 135:4
For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.
Isaiah 62:12
And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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Romans 9:24
Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
Romans 1:5
Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 4:17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Romans 8:30
And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
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1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Corinthians 6:10
Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
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1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
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Romans 10:19
But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,
Romans 11:11
So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
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1 Corinthians 1:28
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
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1 Peter 1:12
And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
1 Peter 2:13
Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,
1 John 2:8
Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
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Psalms 47:9
The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
Hebrews 4:9
So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
Hebrews 11:25
Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
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Isaiah 55:12
For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
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Isaiah 55:13
In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.
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Luke 15:6
And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
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John 17:9
My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours
John 17:10
(All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.
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1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
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1 Peter 1:24
For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
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