WHO ARE YOU?

 

1Pe 2:9-12  But ye are a chosen generation [Abraham’s seed: Gal 3:25-29], a royal priesthood [A King-Priest ministry; Rev 1:6; Rev 5:10], an holy nation [Rom 2:28-29; Rom 9:6; Gal 6:15-16], a peculiar people [A people for a possession; a special people];

that ye should shew forth the praises [A virtuous course of thought, feeling and action] of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 

10  Which in time past were not a people [All those who are of the same stock and language], but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 

11  Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers [One who lives in a place without the right of citizenship] and pilgrims [One who comes from a foreign country into a city or land to reside there by the side of the natives], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 

12  Having your conversation [Manner of life] honest [Properly; beautiful; commendable] among the Gentiles [Heathen nations; not of the kingdom of God]: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation [Investigation; inspection].