You also, as living stones, are built up into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
For David had been appointed a priest by God, although Saul persecuted him. For all the righteous possess the sacerdotal rank.
