Addressing anointed Christians, Peter wrote: “You are ‘ a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession, that you should declare abroad the excellencies ’ of the one that called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ”
૩૧: ૩૪) તેઓના પાપ માફ થયા હોવાથી તેઓ “યાજકોનું રાજ્ય ” બની શક્યા.