1 Peter 2:5

and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

“I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says Yahweh.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

But you are a chosen family, 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;

For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?