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 \s5
 \v 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's possession, so that you would announce the wonderful actions of the one who called you out from darkness into his marvelous light.
-\q
-\v 10 Once you were not a people,
-\q but now you are the people of God.
-\q You did not receive mercy,
-\q but now you have received mercy.
+\v 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You did not receive mercy, but now you have received mercy.
 
 \s5
 \p