1 Peter 2:9

But ye ben a chosun kyn, a kyngli preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchasing, that ye telle the vertues of hym, that clepide you fro derknessis in to his wondirful liyt.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

In Context

8and stoon of sclaundre, to hem that offenden to the word, nethir bileuen it, in which thei ben set.

10Which sum tyme were not a puple of God, but now ye ben the puple of God; which hadden not merci, but now ye han merci.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Therfor if ye schulen here my vois, and schulen kepe my couenaunt, ye schulen be to me in to a specialte of alle puplis; for al the lond is myn;

Deuteronomy 7:6For thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God; thi Lord God chees thee, that thou be a special puple to hym, of alle puplis that ben on erthe.

Deuteronomy 14:2on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe.

Deuteronomy 26:18Lo! the Lord chees thee to day, that thou be a special puple to hym, as he spak to thee, and that thou kepe alle hise comaundementis;

Psalms 33:12Come, ye sones, here ye me; Y schal teche you the drede of the Lord.

Psalms 106:5Thei weren hungri and thirsti; her soule failide in hem.

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