Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 新标点和合本 - 惟有你们是被拣选的族类，是有君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是属 神的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗、入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不过，你们是被拣选的一族，是君尊的祭司，是神圣的国度，是属上帝的子民，要使你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不过，你们是被拣选的一族，是君尊的祭司，是神圣的国度，是属 神的子民，要使你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 当代译本 - 但你们是蒙拣选的族群，是君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是上帝的子民，为了要宣扬上帝的美德。祂曾呼召你们离开黑暗，进入祂奇妙的光明。
- 圣经新译本 - 然而你们是蒙拣选的族类，是君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国民，是属 神的子民，为要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 中文标准译本 - 但你们属于蒙拣选的族类 、君王的祭司 体系、 圣洁的国度 ，是属神的 子民 ； 为要使你们宣扬曾召唤你们的那一位的美德 —— 他召唤你们出黑暗，入他奇妙的光明。
- 现代标点和合本 - 唯有你们是被拣选的族类，是有君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是属神的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗、入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 惟有你们是被拣选的族类，是有君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是属上帝的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗、入奇妙光明者的美德。
- New International Version - But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- New International Reader's Version - 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.
- English Standard Version - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- New Living Translation - But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
- The Message - But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. * * *
- Christian Standard Bible - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- New American Standard Bible - But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
- New King James Version - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
- American Standard Version - But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- King James Version - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- New English Translation - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- World English Bible - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- 新標點和合本 - 惟有你們是被揀選的族類，是有君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國度，是屬神的子民，要叫你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不過，你們是被揀選的一族，是君尊的祭司，是神聖的國度，是屬上帝的子民，要使你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不過，你們是被揀選的一族，是君尊的祭司，是神聖的國度，是屬 神的子民，要使你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 當代譯本 - 但你們是蒙揀選的族群，是君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國度，是上帝的子民，為了要宣揚上帝的美德。祂曾呼召你們離開黑暗，進入祂奇妙的光明。
- 聖經新譯本 - 然而你們是蒙揀選的族類，是君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國民，是屬 神的子民，為要叫你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 呂振中譯本 - 但你們呢、你們乃是蒙揀選的族類，是王家的祭司班，是聖別的邦國，是子民做 上帝 產業的，要叫你們宣揚那召了你們出黑暗而進入他奇妙之光者的神德。
- 中文標準譯本 - 但你們屬於蒙揀選的族類 、君王的祭司 體系、 聖潔的國度 ，是屬神的 子民 ； 為要使你們宣揚曾召喚你們的那一位的美德 —— 他召喚你們出黑暗，入他奇妙的光明。
- 現代標點和合本 - 唯有你們是被揀選的族類，是有君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國度，是屬神的子民，要叫你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗、入奇妙光明者的美德。
- 文理和合譯本 - 惟爾乃蒙選之族、王室之祭司、維聖之國、特設之民、俾彰召爾出幽暗入奇光者之德、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 爾乃成聖之國、得救之民、推選之族、為王而祭司者、既蒙主召爾出幽暗、入靈光、爾當表彰其德、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 惟爾曹乃蒙選之族、有王位之祭司、成聖之國、屬主之民、主召爾出幽暗、入其妙光、欲爾宣揚其德、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 而爾等則為蒙選之族、赫赫司祭、雍雍神國實天主之眷屬也。天主既召爾等出於黑暗入於靈光、爾等可不表彰大德乎。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero ustedes son linaje escogido, real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo que pertenece a Dios, para que proclamen las obras maravillosas de aquel que los llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 여러분은 하나님이 선택하신 민족이며 왕 같은 제사장이요 거룩한 나라요 하나님의 소유가 된 백성입니다. 이것은 여러분을 어두움에서 불러내어 놀라운 빛 가운데 들어가게 하신 하나님을 널리 찬양하도록 하기 위한 것입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - А вы – род избранный, царственное священство, святой народ, люди, принадлежащие Богу, призванные возвещать о Его великих делах . Он призвал вас из тьмы в Свой чудесный свет.
- Восточный перевод - А вы – род избранный, священнослужители Небесного Царя, святой народ, принадлежащий Всевышнему , призванные возвещать о Его великих делах. Он призвал вас из тьмы в Свой чудесный свет.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А вы – род избранный, священнослужители Небесного Царя, святой народ, принадлежащий Аллаху , призванные возвещать о Его великих делах. Он призвал вас из тьмы в Свой чудесный свет.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А вы – род избранный, священнослужители Небесного Царя, святой народ, принадлежащий Всевышнему , призванные возвещать о Его великих делах. Он призвал вас из тьмы в Свой чудесный свет.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais vous, vous êtes un peuple élu, une communauté de rois-prêtres, une nation sainte, un peuple que Dieu a pris pour sien, pour que vous célébriez bien haut les œuvres merveilleuses de celui qui vous a appelés à passer des ténèbres à son admirable lumière.
- リビングバイブル - しかし、あなたがたはそうではありません。あなたがたは神から選ばれた王なる祭司であり、きよい民として神のものとされた人たちです。それはすべて、どうして自分が暗闇から神の驚くべき光へと招き入れられたかを、人々に語り伝えるためなのです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς·
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε, τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος, εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς;
- Nova Versão Internacional - Vocês, porém, são geração eleita, sacerdócio real, nação santa, povo exclusivo de Deus, para anunciar as grandezas daquele que os chamou das trevas para a sua maravilhosa luz.
- Hoffnung für alle - Ihr aber seid ein von Gott auserwähltes Volk, seine königlichen Priester, ihr gehört ganz zu ihm und seid sein Eigentum. Deshalb sollt ihr die großen Taten Gottes verkünden, der euch aus der Finsternis befreit und in sein wunderbares Licht geführt hat.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng anh chị em không vấp ngã vì đã được chính Đức Chúa Trời tuyển chọn. Anh chị em là thầy tế lễ của Vua Thiên Đàng. Anh chị em là một dân tộc thánh thiện, thuộc về Đức Chúa Trời. Anh chị em được chọn để làm chứng cho mọi người biết Chúa đã đem anh chị em ra khỏi cảnh tối tăm tuyệt vọng đưa vào trong ánh sáng phước hạnh kỳ diệu của Ngài.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่พวกท่านเป็นประชากรที่พระเจ้าได้ทรงเลือกสรร เป็นปุโรหิตหลวง เป็นชนชาติบริสุทธิ์ เป็นพลเมืองของพระเจ้า เพื่อท่านจะได้ประกาศพระราชกิจอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระองค์ผู้ทรงเรียกท่านออกจากความมืดเข้าสู่ความสว่างอันล้ำเลิศของพระองค์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่พวกท่านถูกเลือกให้เป็นเชื้อชาติ พวกท่านเป็นทั้งปุโรหิตหลวง ประชาชาติที่บริสุทธิ์ และชนชาติของพระเจ้า เพื่อให้ท่านประกาศการกระทำอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระองค์ โดยเรียกท่านให้พ้นจากความมืดสู่ความสว่างอันมหัศจรรย์
Cross Reference
- Ephesians 1:14 - The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.
- Psalms 22:30 - Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
- Psalms 73:15 - If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings], I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
- Ephesians 3:21 - to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- John 17:19 - For their sake I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.
- Isaiah 43:20 - The beasts of the field will honor Me, Jackals and ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.
- Isaiah 43:21 - The people whom I formed for Myself Will make known My praise.
- Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 9:24 - including us, whom He also called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles?
- Ephesians 1:6 - to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].
- 1 Peter 4:11 - Whoever speaks [to the congregation], is to do so as one who speaks the oracles (utterances, the very words) of God. Whoever serves [the congregation] is to do so as one who serves by the strength which God [abundantly] supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified [honored and magnified] through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Philippians 2:15 - so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],
- Philippians 2:16 - holding out and offering to everyone the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run [my race] in vain nor labor without result.
- Acts 26:28 - Then Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time [and with so little effort] you [almost] persuade me to become a Christian.”
- Isaiah 44:1 - “But now listen, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen:
- 1 Peter 1:2 - according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God].
- 1 Corinthians 3:17 - If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.
- Isaiah 66:21 - I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
- Psalms 106:5 - That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
- Isaiah 9:2 - The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness Will see a great Light; Those who live in the dark land, The Light will shine on them.
- Acts 20:28 - Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) the church of God which He bought with His own blood.
- Luke 1:79 - To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
- Psalms 33:12 - Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4 - But you, believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God’s Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 - for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 - So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 - For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - But since we [believers] belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope and confident assurance of salvation.
- Isaiah 42:16 - I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
- Colossians 1:13 - For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- Matthew 4:16 - The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light, And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death, Upon them a Light has dawned.”
- Isaiah 41:8 - “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The offspring of Abraham My friend,
- Matthew 5:16 - Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Isaiah 60:1 - “Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
- Isaiah 60:2 - For in fact, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness will cover the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you [Jerusalem] And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.
- Isaiah 60:3 - Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Deuteronomy 4:20 - But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron [smelting] furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as [you are] this day.
- Isaiah 26:2 - Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, The one that remains faithful and trustworthy.
- Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
- Revelation 20:6 - Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) and holy is the person who takes part in the first resurrection; over these the second death [which is eternal separation from God, the lake of fire] has no power or authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and they will reign with Him a thousand years.
- Titus 2:14 - who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.
- Deuteronomy 10:15 - Yet the Lord had a delight in loving your fathers and set His affection on them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
- 1 Peter 2:5 - You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 5:8 - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
- Ephesians 5:9 - (for the fruit [the effect, the result] of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
- Ephesians 5:10 - trying to learn [by experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [and letting your lifestyles be examples of what is most acceptable to Him—your behavior expressing gratitude to God for your salvation].
- Ephesians 5:11 - Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character];
- Deuteronomy 14:2 - for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a people for His own possession.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 - Today the Lord has declared that you are His people, His treasured possession, just as He promised you, and that you are to keep all His commandments;
- Deuteronomy 26:19 - and that He will set you high above all the nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor: and that you shall be a holy people [set apart and consecrated] to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
- 2 Timothy 1:9 - for He delivered us and saved us and called us with a holy calling [a calling that leads to a consecrated life—a life set apart—a life of purpose], not because of our works [or because of any personal merit—we could do nothing to earn this], but because of His own purpose and grace [His amazing, undeserved favor] which was granted to us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago],
- Isaiah 61:6 - But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; People will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And you will boast of their riches.
- Revelation 5:10 - You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”
- Revelation 1:6 - and formed us into a kingdom [as His subjects], priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Deuteronomy 7:6 - For you are a holy people [set apart] 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 a people for His own possession [that is, His very special treasure].
- Exodus 19:5 - Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;
- Exodus 19:6 - and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation [set apart for My purpose].’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”