1 Peter 2:9
Douay-Rheims
But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Clement of Alexandria
"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood." [1 Peter 2:9] That we are a chosen race by the election of God is abundantly clear. He says royal, because we are called to sovereignty and belong to Christ; and priesthood on account of the oblation which is made by prayers and instructions, by which are gained the souls which are offered to God.
Source details
A.D. 215 · on 1Pet 2:9 (From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.