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.
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 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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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.
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