The LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron
furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own
possession. (Deut. 4:20)
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me. (Isa. 49:16 ESV)
For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is
the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the
surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not
from ourselves. (2 Cor. 4:6–7)
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
people for God’s own possession, so that you may
proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out
of darkness into His marvelous light. (1 Pet. 2:9)