2 according to the ^cforeknowledge of God the Father, in the ^dsanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for ^esprinkling with his blood:

May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

9 But you are ^ga chosen race, ^ha royal priesthood, a holy nation, ⁱa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^jout of darkness into his marvelous light.