No, neither 1 Peter 2:5 nor 2:9 are referring to an office of “priest” within the New Testament church. Instead, these verses refer to all Christians collectively as a “priesthood” in precisely the same way that Old Testament Israel was collectively called a “kingdom of priests.” It has nothing to do with offices within the church, nor is the focus on leaders. This passage is about the church as a whole. The church has no office of priest.
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