1 Peter 2:10 (GNV)

Passage

Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.

1 Peter 2:9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,

1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.

1 Peter 2:11 Dearely beloued, I beseeche you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soule,

1 Peter 2:12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "past", "people", "nowe", and "vnder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "past", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But yee are a chosen generation a..." into verse 11's "Dearely beloued I beseeche you as strangers...", so "time" and "past" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "time" and "past" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.