1 Peter 2:10

1 Peter 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

Context of 1 Peter 2:10

8and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy. 11Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:10 word by word

οἵ ποτε οὐ λαός, νῦν δὲ λαὸς θεοῦ, οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι, νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες.¶Read the interlinear

• onceποτέpote · once/whenG4218
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• nowδέde · thenG1161
• mercyἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:10

• Hosea 1:9and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.
• Romans 9:25As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
• Hosea 2:23And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.
• Romans 11:6But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
• 1 Corinthians 7:25But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.
• 1 Timothy 1:13who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
• Hebrews 4:16Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Which in time past were not a people - This is a quotation from Hosea 1:9, Hosea 1:10; Hosea 2:23, where the calling of the Gentiles, by the preaching of the Gospel, is foretold. From this it is evident, that the people to whom the apostle now addresses himself had been Gentiles, covered with ignorance and superstition, and now had obtained mercy by the preaching of the Gospel of Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Which in time past were not a people - That is, who formerly were not regarded as the people of God. There is an allusion here to the passage in Hosea 2:23, “And I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.” It is, however, a mere allusion, such as one makes who uses the language of another to express his ideas, without meaning to say that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-10Throughout this letter, Peter encourages suffering believers by reminding them of the great honor they have from God. In this paragraph, he describes the Christian community as a new temple that is built on Christ. He also shows that they share in the blessings God promised to his covenant people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Adapted from Ho 1:9, 10; 2:23. Peter plainly confirms Paul, who quotes the passage as implying the call of the Gentiles to become spiritually that which Israel had been literally, "the people of God." Primarily, the prophecy refers to literal Israel, hereafter to be fully that which in their best days they were only partially, God's people. not obtained mercy--literally, "who were men not compassionated." Implying that it was God's pure mercy, not…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings