A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD -1 Peter 2:9
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCRIPTURE
AMPLIFIED BIBLE..."But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A CONSECRATED NATION, A [special] PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."
CONSECRATED: inducted into a permanent office with a religious rite. sacred or set apart; dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or for a spiritual or religious purpose: venerated or highly honored; established as inviolable:
LEGACY STANDARD BIBLE..."But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;"
AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION..."But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE:
CHOSEN...From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite.
GENERATION...Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'.
ROYAL... Courtiers, palaces, a body of kings, royal. From basileus; kingly.
PRIESTHOOD...The act or office of priesthood. From hierateuo; the priestly fraternity, i.e. Sacerdotal order.
HOLY...Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.
CALLED...(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.
PROCLAIM....To announce publicly, proclaim. From ek and the base of aggelos; to publish, i.e. Celebrate.
PRAISES...Goodness, a gracious act, virtue, uprightness. From the same as arrhen; properly, manliness, i.e. Excellence.
DARKNESS... Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity.
MARVELOUS...To be wondered at, wonderful, marvelous. From thaumazo; wondered at, i.e. wonderful.
LIGHT....Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.
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