1 Peter 2:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“who <FI>were<Fi> once not a people, and <FI>are<Fi> now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 2:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:24For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
- Hosea 1:9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Hosea 2:23And 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.’”
- Romans 9:25As 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,”
- Romans 10:19I 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.”
- Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
- Romans 11:30Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Hebrews 4:16Let 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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