But you are God’s “chosen generation”,
his “royal priesthood”, his “holy nation”, his “peculiar people”—
all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you.
It is for you now to demonstrate the goodness of him
who has called you out of darkness into his amazing light.
In the past you were not “a people” at all:
now you are the people of God.
In the past you had no experience of his mercy, but now it is intimately yours.
1 Peter 2:9-10 J.B. Phillips New Testament
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