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Peculiar People

From: A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases

By: Alfred Taylor Schofield

This expression is found in 1 Peter 2:9⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9), and does not mean “odd” or “out of the way,” but a people acquired by God for Himself, as seen in the general use of the word; translated “obtain” in 1 Thess. 5:9⁹For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, (1 Thessalonians 5:9); 2 Thess. 2:14¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 2:14), and “purchased,” Eph. 1:14¹⁴Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:14). The world accounts some Christians “peculiar” in many ways, but peculiarity is not their object.

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