1) God has chosen Christians to be a royal priesthood and holy nation, calling them out of darkness into His light and granting them mercy. 2) As God's chosen people, Christians have the status and power of royalty as sons and daughters of God and Jesus Christ's brothers and sisters, though they are to demonstrate the virtues of Christ through how they live. 3) Christians comprise a single holy nation under the headship of Christ, governed by the same laws and worshipping the same God, and they are God's peculiar people whom He chose, bought, cares for, and delights in for the purpose of demonstrating Christ's excellence to the world.