1 Peter 2:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

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  • Hos 1:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
  • Hos 2:23 : 23 And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
  • Rom 10:19 : 19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.
  • Rom 11:6-7 : 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace. 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
  • Rom 11:30 : 30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:9
    80%

    9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

  • Rom 11:29-32
    4 verses
    80%

    29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.

    30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

    31 So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.

    32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

  • Hos 2:23
    73%

    23 And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

  • Rom 9:23-26
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    73%

    23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,

    24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

    25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

    26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

  • Eph 2:11-13
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    11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

    12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

    13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

  • Hos 1:9-10
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    71%

    9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

    10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

  • 1 Pet 2:3-5
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    71%

    3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

    4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 2:19
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    19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

  • Deut 14:2
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    2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • Eph 2:4
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    4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11 My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

  • Rom 11:1-2
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    68%

    1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

    2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,

  • Rom 11:7
    68%

    7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

  • Rom 9:16
    68%

    16 So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
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    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • Jer 2:11
    68%

    11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

  • Exod 19:6
    68%

    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Isa 14:1
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    1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

  • Jude 1:22
    68%

    22 And have pity on those who are in doubt;

  • Deut 7:6
    67%

    6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • 2 Tim 1:9
    67%

    9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

  • Rom 9:6
    67%

    6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

  • Rom 10:19
    67%

    19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

  • Rom 9:30
    67%

    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Rom 15:10
    67%

    10 And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

  • 2 Cor 6:2
    67%

    2 (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

  • 1 Pet 1:20
    67%

    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

  • Ps 33:12
    67%

    12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

  • Neh 1:10
    67%

    10 Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

  • 1 Pet 1:2-3
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    2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Jer 31:1
    66%

    1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

  • Titus 3:4
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    4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

  • Rom 11:5
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    5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.

  • Deut 4:20
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    20 But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

  • Eph 1:6
    66%

    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: