1 Peter 2:9-12

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;

10who once [were] not a people, but now 1God'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 2God in [the] day of visitation.