Catholic Public Domain Version
"Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy. "
— 1 Peter 2:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. ”
“who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”
“You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
“Who in times past were not a people: but are now the people of God. Who had not obtained mercy: but now have obtained mercy.”
“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.”
“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.”
Therefore, to you who believe, he is honor. But to those who do not believe, the stone which the builders have rejected, the same has been made into the head of the corner,
and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy.
Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.
Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.
Therefore, be subject to every human creature because of God, whether it is to the king as preeminent,