Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy
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King James Version
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.English Standard Version
Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.New International Version
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.