- But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people claimed by God as his own possession,” so that you may proclaim the praise of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- I will offer praise to you, O Lord,
with my whole heart;
I will recount all your wondrous deeds. - You created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am wonderfully made;
awesome are your works,
as I know very well. - His divine power has bestowed on us everything that is necessary for life and for devotion through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.
For God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may attain eternal life. Because in my eyes you are precious,
because you are honored and I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you
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