1 Peter 2:9 References

9 But you are aA CHOSEN RACE, A royal bPRIESTHOOD, A cHOLY NATION, dA PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you eout of darkness into His marvelous light;

e Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 42:16, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6

Isaiah 9

2 aThe people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.

Isaiah 42

16 "I will alead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will bmake darkness into light before them And crugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will dnot leave them undone."

Acts 26

18 to aopen their eyes so that they may turn from bdarkness to light and from the dominion of cSatan to God, that they may receive dforgiveness of sins and an einheritance among those who have been sanctified by ffaith in Me.'

2 Corinthians 4

6 For God, who said, "aLight shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has bshone in our hearts to give the cLight of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Other references for 1 Peter 2:9

a Isaiah 43:20, Deuteronomy 10:15

b Isaiah 61:6, Isaiah 66:21, 1 Peter 2:5, Revelation 1:6

c Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 7:6

d Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 4:20, Deuteronomy 14:2, Titus 2:14