1 Peter 2:10-12 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.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul. ¹² Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.