Lookup Deut. 7:6; 1 Peter 2:9 (Deut. 7:6; 1 Peter 2:9) Deuteronomy 7:6 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 6 For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah your God has chosen you to become his people, his special property,* out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.+ 1 Peter 2:9 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 9 But you are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,+ a people for special possession,+ that you should declare abroad the excellencies”*+ of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.+
6 For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah your God has chosen you to become his people, his special property,* out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.+
9 But you are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,+ a people for special possession,+ that you should declare abroad the excellencies”*+ of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.+