Exodus 19:6

6and you shall be to me a akingdom of priests and ba holy nation'. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

Isaiah 61:6

6 cbut you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
dyou shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.

Romans 12:1

A Living Sacrifice

1 eI appeal to you therefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
by the mercies of God, gto present your bodies has a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Or your rational service

1 Peter 2:5-9

5 jyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as ka spiritual house, to be la holy priesthood, mto offer spiritual sacrifices nacceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For it stands in Scripture:

oBehold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
pand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7So the honor is for you who qbelieve, but for those who rdo not believe,

s“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
Greek  the head of the corner

8and

u“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, vas they were destined to do.

9But you are wa chosen race, xa royal ypriesthood, za holy nation, aaa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you about of darkness into achis marvelous light.

Revelation of John 5:10

10and you have made them ada kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation of John 20:6

6 aeBlessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such afthe second death has no power, but they will be agpriests of God and of Christ, and they ahwill reign with him for a thousand years.

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