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The Living Stone and Chosen People

1 Peter 2:10

In 9 translations

BSB
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.Hosea 2:23
KJV
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.
WEB
In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
ASV
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
LSV
who [were] once not a people, but [are] now the people of God; who had not found mercy, but now have found mercy.
YLT
who [were] once not a people, and [are] now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.
DBY
who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.Elohim
DRC
Who in time past were not a people: but are now the people of God. Who had not obtained mercy; but now have obtained mercy.
GNV
Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἵ ποτε οὐ λαὸς νῦν δὲ λαὸς θεοῦ, οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες.
RP2018
οἱ ποτὲ οὐ λαός, νῦν δὲ λαὸς θεοῦ· οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι, νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες.
TR-Boyd
οἱ ποτὲ οὐ λαός, νῦν δὲ λαὸς Θεοῦ· οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι, νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες.
SCR1894
οι ποτε ου λαος νυν δε λαος θεου οι ουκ ηλεημενοι νυν δε ελεηθεντες

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
  • Romans 9:25–26As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My…
  • Hosea 1:9–10And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in…
  • Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • Romans 11:6–7And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace. What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
  • 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
  • Romans 10:19I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
  • Romans 11:30Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
  • 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

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