Passage

A people with something to proclaim

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁹But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The readers are called a chosen people, a royal priesthood and a holy nation so that they may proclaim the excellence of the one who called them.

To understand

The next sentence describes a change from not being a people to being God's people, and from not receiving mercy to receiving it.

A question

What purpose accompanies the titles given to the readers?