I PETER 2.9 Chosen Race: Deuteronomy 7.6-8 Royal Priesthood: Exodus 19.5-6; Isaiah 66.21 Holy Nation: A nation within nations. A People for God’s Own Possession: Exodus 19.5 GOD
I PETER 2.9 Proclaim: EXAGELLO: “tell forth, make widely known, publish abroad, advertise” Only time in the NT. LXX: Psalm 9.13-14; 71.12-16; 79.11-13; 107.21-22 GOD
I PETER 2.9 Proclaim Excellencies: GOD NKJV/NIV: “praises” NEB: “triumphs” RSV: “wonderful deeds” ARETE: preeminence GOD
I PETER 2.9 How? By Our Worship: I Peter 2.5, 9; Psalm 107.21-22 GOD To Each Other: Colossians 3.16 To Those in Our Hearing: I Kings 8.41-43; Acts 16.22-30 GOD