Exodus 19:6
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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.”
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1 Peter 2:5
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5 You [believers], like living stones, are [a]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.
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- 1 Peter 2:5 Or are to be built.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 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.(A)
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Revelation 1:6
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6 and formed us into a kingdom [as His subjects], [a]priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.(A)
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- Revelation 1:6 All Christians become priests to God in order to offer spiritual sacrifices (1 Pet 2:5) and proclaim His praises (1 Pet 2:9), and they will reign with Christ in the Millennium (20:6).
Revelation 5:10
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“You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”(A)
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