As had been true of fleshly Israel, members of spiritual Israel were the ones Jehovah called “the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. ”
(‏ ١ تس ١ :‏ ٩‏ )‏ وَكَانُوا شُهُودًا لِيَهْوَهَ وَيَسُوعَ « فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَإِلَى أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ » .‏ —‏ اع ١ :‏ ٨ ؛‏ كو ١ :‏ ٢٣‏ .‏