 | Donald E. Gowan - 1994 - 320 pages
...Peter 2: 10 uses Hos. 1 :9 and 2:23 in a new way to refer to this appearance of the church on earth: "Once you were not a people; but now you are God's people." So, even though individual decisions were essential to the formation of the church, unlike Judaism,... | |
 | Gareth Weldon Icenogle - 1994 - 404 pages
...of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (1 Pet 2:5-6, 9-10) The Christian small group is a spiritual house of priests who offer themselves... | |
 | Fred B. Craddock - 1995 - 174 pages
...you may proclaim the mighty acts of htm who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's...not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. The shift from infants to stones seems sudden, and it is. However, two factors soften the jolt. First,... | |
 | Everett Ferguson - 1996 - 468 pages
...that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's...not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. The idea of "people" permeates the passage. In English, the word "people" is used for an aggregate... | |
 | Bruce B. Barton - 1995 - 290 pages
...telling others of the salvation he accomplished for us and of his work in our individual lives. 2:I0 Once you were not a people. but now you are God's...had not received mercy. but now you have received mercy.NRSv This verse is an adaptation of Hosea l:9- l0 and 2:23. Hosea. God's prophet. was describing... | |
 | Steven McGlaun - 2004 - 229 pages
...called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are Cod's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-10) The Church Is the Body of Christ For just as the body is one and has many members,... | |
 | Jamie Mitchell - 2004 - 118 pages
...darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy (I Peter 2:9-10, emphasis added). Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God in... | |
 | horst Balz, Gerhard M. Schneider - 2004 - 500 pages
...darkness into his marvelous lighi [cf. Isa 43:21). Once you were no people [ie, not the people of God); once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy [cf. Hos l:9f.; 2:23; Rom 9:25f.]." 5. The addressee of 2 John, called the elect lady, is to be understood... | |
 | Dennis E. Hensley - 2004 - 164 pages
...of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in this world, to abstain from sinful desires, which... | |
 | Catechesis of Good Shepherd Publications - 2004 - 172 pages
...5hepherd." whole are respected, so that the multitude becomes a people. In the New Testament we read, "Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people . . . For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian... | |
| |
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: Once you were no people but now you are God's people; once you had... 
