You are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. He has chosen you to be his special treasure. He chose you out of all the nations on the face of the earth to be his people.

因为你归耶和华你神为圣洁的民；耶和华你神从地上的万民中拣选你，特作自己的子民。

“因为你是属于耶和华—你上帝神圣的子民；耶和华—你的上帝从地面上的万民中拣选你，作自己宝贵的子民。

“因为你是属于耶和华—你神神圣的子民；耶和华—你的神从地面上的万民中拣选你，作自己宝贵的子民。

因为你们属于你们的上帝耶和华，是圣洁的民族，祂从天下万族中拣选了你们做祂的子民——祂宝贵的产业。

“因为你是归耶和华你的神作圣洁的子民的；耶和华你的神从地上的万族中，拣选了你作他自己的产业，自己的子民。

因為你歸耶和華－你神為聖潔的民；耶和華－你神從地上的萬民中揀選你，特作自己的子民。

「因為你是屬於耶和華－你上帝神聖的子民；耶和華－你的上帝從地面上的萬民中揀選你，作自己寶貴的子民。

「因為你是屬於耶和華－你神神聖的子民；耶和華－你的神從地面上的萬民中揀選你，作自己寶貴的子民。

因為你們屬於你們的上帝耶和華，是聖潔的民族，祂從天下萬族中揀選了你們做祂的子民——祂寶貴的產業。

“因為你是歸耶和華你的神作聖潔的子民的；耶和華你的神從地上的萬族中，揀選了你作他自己的產業，自己的子民。

『因為你是聖別的子民、屬永恆主你的上帝的；從這地上萬族之民中、永恆主你的上帝是揀選了你屬於他做自己的子民。

蓋爾乃爾上帝耶和華之聖民、爾上帝耶和華於寰區億兆中、特選爾為己民、

爾上帝耶和華、於天下億兆中、特遴選爾、以爾為寶、成聖之民、役事上帝、

因爾曹在主爾天主前為聖民、主爾之天主在天下萬民中、特選爾以為己民、

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

“ 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.

For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth, the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

“ For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

For thou[ art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that[ are] upon the face of the earth.

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

You are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. He has chosen you to be his special treasure. He chose you out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Now obey me completely. Keep my covenant. If you do, then out of all the nations you will be my special treasure. The whole earth is mine.But you will be a kingdom of priests to serve me. You will be my holy nation.’ That is what you must tell the Israelites.”

But God chose you to be his people. You are royal priests. You are a holy nation. You are God’s special treasure. You are all these things so that you can give him praise. God brought you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

He has announced that he will make you famous. He’ll give you more praise and honor than all the other nations he has made. And he has said that you will be a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. That’s exactly what he promised to do.

Your people were holy to me. They were the first share of my harvest. All those who destroyed them were held guilty. And trouble came to their enemies,’ ” announces the Lord.

Don’t you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you, and you have received the Spirit from God. You do not belong to yourselves.Christ has paid the price for you. So use your bodies in a way that honors God.

“ The day is coming when I will judge,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ On that day they will be my special treasure. I will spare them just as a father loves and spares his son who serves him.

He says,“ Gather this holy people around me. They made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice.”

He gave himself for us. By doing that, he set us free from all evil. He wanted to make us pure. He wanted us to be his very own people. He wanted us to desire to do what is good.

“ Out of all the families on earth I have chosen only you. So I will punish you because you have committed so many sins.”

God did not spare the world’s ungodly people long ago. He brought the flood on them. But Noah preached about the right way to live. God kept him safe. He also saved seven others.

The Lord your God will make you his holy people. He will set you apart for himself. He promised to do this. He promised to do it if you would keep his commands and live exactly as he wants you to live.

Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.