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thus â€Å"peculiar people†, Titus 2:14. According to a deeper root translation a more accurate meaning for â€Å"peculiar people† should be considered as a people wherein God had a superlative, propriety interest above and beyond the common interest of all other nations of the world. Therefore, the most accurate translation should rather be â€Å"His treasured people.† Peripoiesis, pronounced per-ee-poy’-ay-sis; means â€Å"purchased, or possession. A people for the Lord’s own possession; a people who are His very own†. I Peter 2:9,10 declared, â€Å"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:† â€Å"Which in†¦show more content†¦This reserved place in you was necessary, for it was by this secret place in you that God tilled and cultivated the ground of your mind to plant His seed (Word) into. The Lord God did this to grow and yield Godly fruitfulness in the process of His time. Due to God’s wisdom, divine intervention and mercy, you were allowed the opportunity to be saved today; hence, being made peculiar unto God. Let us say, for example, that you are in a foreign country, walking somewhere, and you find a stone. You pick up this stone and say, â€Å"O h, a peculiar stone; I have not seen a stone like this before.† The fact that you are not familiar with that type of stone indicates that you do not realize that the stone may be one of the rarest stones in the entire world! Sometimes, because we do not recognize the value of something, we feel that it is a common thing; therefore, you give up possession of the valuable thing that is very peculiar, and most likely you will never be in possession of that thing again. This example applies to God, and people as well. 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