1 Peter 2:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἵ ποτε οὐ λαὸς, νῦν δὲ λαὸς Θεοῦ: οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι, νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες.

Transliteration

Hoi pote ou laos, nyn de laos Theou: hoi ouk ēleēmenoi, nyn de eleēthentes.

Grammar Details

*Hoi*: article, masculine plural nominative - the ones/those who
*pote*: adverb - once/formerly
*ou*: negative particle - not
*laos*: noun, masculine singular nominative - people
*nyn*: adverb - now
*de*: particle - but/and
*Theou*: noun, masculine singular genitive - of God
*hoi*: article, masculine plural nominative - the ones/those who
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*ēleēmenoi*: perfect passive participle, masculine plural nominative - having received mercy
*eleēthentes*: aorist passive participle, masculine plural nominative - having received mercy

Word Meanings

*pote*: once/formerly/at one time
*laos*: people/nation
*ēleēmenoi*: having received mercy/shown mercy
*eleēthentes*: having received mercy/shown mercy

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hos 1:9-9 : 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God]. 10 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, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
Hos 2:23 : 23 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 that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.
Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. 26 And it shall be, [that] in the place {G3757} where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Rom 10:19 : 19 But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.
Rom 11:6-7 : 6 But if it is by grace, {G3765} it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. 7 What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he {G2013} obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
Rom 11:30 : 30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
1 Tim 1:13 : 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.

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