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1 Peter 2:9 calls believers "a chosen _____" (a special, selected group belonging to God).
$100 Answer: What is a race?
In ancient Israel, priests served as a bridge between the people and God. In 1 Peter 2:9, believers are described as this kind of "holy" group.
What is a priesthood?
The state of humanity before receiving God’s grace, symbolized by the absence of spiritual truth.
What is darkness?
The description of God's light, emphasizing that it is wonderful and awe-inspiring.
What is Marvellous?
The author who wrote this letter to the dispersed believers.
Who is Peter?
This word replaces "race" in some translations (like the NIV) to show God's ownership and special selection.
What is a people?
The priests in the Old Testament served at this specific place of worship.
What is the Temple?
The active, intentional voice of God who initiates our rescue from sin.
What is called?
The New Testament book that contains this famous verse.
What is 1 Peter?
1 Peter 2:9 says we are a royal priesthood. In 1 Peter 2:5, we are also called this type of "house" being built up.
What are spiritual stones?
According to the first part of the verse, God did this to you—meaning He carefully hand-picked you out of everyone else.
What is "chosen"?
Today, because we are a priesthood, we don't offer animal sacrifices; instead, the New Testament says we offer "spiritual sacrifices" of this.
In the opening of 1 Peter 2, this is the "milk" believers are instructed to desire so they can grow.
What is the pure spiritual milk of the word?
The central, focal subject of the "praises" believers are commanded to declare
Who is Him (God/Jesus)?
The metaphor used in 1 Peter 2:11 to describe how Christians should live in this secular world.
What are strangers and pilgrims?
Complete this phrase from 1 Peter 2:9: "God’s own _____"
What is "people"?
The prefix "Royal" means we are serving under the Kingship of this person
According to verse 10, before being called, believers were not a people, but now they are this.
What are the people of God?
The state of a person's life before experiencing God's light, synonymous with ignorance and sin.
What is darkness?
According to 1 Peter 2:24, the means by which this salvation and light was ultimately made possible for us.
What is the cross/His death (He bore our sins)?
Because of your new identity in Christ, the verse commands you to proclaim the "praises" or the "_____" of Him who called you.
A priest's primary job is to minister to God and intercede for others. Today, this gives every believer direct access to God without needing an earthly mediator.
The act of the believer leaving behind a life of sin, which verse 9 calls a transition from darkness to...
What is His marvelous light?
According to verse 9, the ultimate goal of being called out of darkness is to "shew forth" these.
What are the praises of Him?
The specific geographical regions that the recipients of this letter were scattered across (e.g., Pontus, Galatia...)
What are Asia Minor?