Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own, zealous of good works.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
A people, particularly acceptable. Ver. 14. Acceptabilem, periousion a perieimi. St. Jerome says, Egregium, præcipuum. See Deuteronomy vii. 6.; Exodus xix. 5.; Psalm cxxxiv. 4., Israel in possessionem sibi. See also St. Chrysostom, log. i. p. 402. linea 4tâ.
