1 Petrus 2:10

2:10 You ¹  once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, ²  but now you have received mercy.

1 Petrus 2:25

2:25 For you were going astray like sheep ³  but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:10]  ² sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.

[2:25]  ³ sn A quotation from Isa 53:6.