"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (2:9)We've already looked at the idea of priesthood in 2:5 above. Here Peter adds to ...
1Peter 2:9-10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had ...
These are now the property of every Christian, and we have them in a greater and spiritual sense. i. We are a royal priesthood. The offices of royalty and priesthood were jealously separated in Israel. But Jesus, who is our King and Priest, has brought them together for His people. b....
“A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”[d] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare th...
“A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”[g] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. 9But you are a chosen people,a royal priesthood,a holy nation,God’s special possession,that you may declare the pra...
1 Peter 2:9: 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 darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:11: Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fles...
And Jesus has just said what will happen if he continues his mission on its current trajectory. He will undergo great suffering and be killed! (He mentions rising again on the third day, but Peter doesn’t key in on that part.) Peter says, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never ...
“The Attorney-General said he was well acquainted with the province of Munster, and that it was impossible for human wretchedness to EXCEED THAT OF THE PEASANTRY OF THAT PROVINCE. The unhappy tenantry were GROUND TO POWDER by relentless landlords; that, far from being able to give the clergy...
Royal Priesthood. A Christian’s Behavior. 1 Peter 3 These notes have been assembled from speaking notes and related materials which had been compiled from a number of classic and con- temporary commentaries and other sources detailed in the bibliography, How to Live in a Hostile, Pagan Culture...
Peter received an MBA in June 1962 with a concentration in Industrial Relations. In 1961, Peter received an autographed picture of President John F. Kennedy with best wishes. The cover letter said it was sent at the request of Dave Powers. A fellow student at the University of Chicago had ...