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1 Peter 2:10
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8 and
a“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.” bThey stumble, being disobedient to the word, cto which they also were appointed.  
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of adarkness into His marvelous light;  
10 awho once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.  

Living Before the World

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts awhich war against the soul,  
12 ahaving your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, bthey may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.  

Submission to Government

13 aTherefore submit yourselves to every1 ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,  
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 2:10

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American Standard Version
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Amplified® Bible
Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God's people; once you were unpitied, but now you are pitied {and} have received mercy.

Contemporary English Version
"Once you were nobody. Now you are God's people. At one time no one had pity on you. Now God has treated you with kindness.

Darby English Version
who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

Good News Bible
At one time you were not God's people, but now you are his people; at one time you did not know God's mercy, but now you have received his mercy.

International Standard Version
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.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
for you once could not claim kinship as A PEOPLE, but now you have become THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.

Young's Literal Translation
who `were' once not a people, and `are' now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.


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