10Once 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.
10Once 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.
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone, "
8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." 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, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 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.
11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
2:10Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:10Who in time past were not a people: but are now the people of God. Who had not obtained mercy; but now have obtained mercy.
2:10who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:10who once were not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
2:10which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:10Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:10who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2:10who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.
2:10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.