1Pe 2:9, 1Jo 3:1-3, Rev 2:9, 5:9-10, 7:9-10 | ESV | STEP | But you are a chosen race , a royal priesthood , a holy nation , a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light .

9 But you are ^aa chosen race, ^ba royal ^cpriesthood, ^da holy nation, ^ea people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^fout of darkness into ^ghis marvelous light.

1 John 3:1-3

1 See ^hwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ⁱchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^jthe world does not know us is that ^kit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ^lGod’s children ^mnow, and what we will be ⁿhas not yet appeared; but we know that ^owhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^qwe shall be like him, because ^rwe shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who ^sthus hopes in him ^tpurifies himself as he is pure.

Revelation of John 2:9

9 “‘I know your tribulation and ^uyour poverty ( ^vbut you are rich) and the slander ^{▼▼Greek blasphemy} of ^xthose who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation of John 5:9-10

9 And they sang ^ya new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for ^zyou were slain, and by your blood ^aayou ransomed people for God
from ^abevery tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them ^aca kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation of John 7:9-10

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

9 After this I looked, and behold, ^ada great multitude that no one could number, ^aefrom every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^afclothed in white robes, with ^agpalm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, ^ah“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”