Deu 7:6, 1Pe 2:9 | ESV | STEP | For you are a people holy to the Lord your God . The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession , out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth .

Deuteronomy 7:6

6 “For ^ayou are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be ^ba people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ^ca chosen race, ^da royal ^epriesthood, ^fa holy nation, ^ga people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^hout of darkness into ⁱhis marvelous light.