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1 Peter 2:10

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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.

Which {G3588} in time past {G4218} were not {G3756} a people {G2992}, but {G1161} are now {G3568} the people {G2992} of God {G2316}: which {G3588} had {G1653} not {G3756} obtained mercy {G1653}, but {G1161} now {G3568} have obtained mercy {G1653}.

Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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.

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

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Cross-References

  • Hosea 2:23 (14 votes)

    And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.

  • Hosea 1:9 (10 votes)

    Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].

  • Hosea 1:10 (10 votes)

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.

  • Hebrews 4:16 (10 votes)

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  • Romans 9:25 (8 votes)

    ¶ As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

  • Romans 9:26 (8 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • Romans 10:19 (6 votes)

    But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you.