Oh, please don’t try to put words in my mouth, Arthur.
That’s neither what I said, nor anything close to being operative concerning how I believe. OTOH, I would ask you, “How many times does the Bible have to say something before it’s true?”
I brought the 1 Peter 2 section forward because it seemed conspicuously missing from the verses to which one would go as part of a NT word study on ‘priest’.
Really, I’m beginning to understand that jumping all over one’s perceived adversaries is a trait some conservatives share with liberals. And that ain’t good.
HF
The verse you cite is about the whole people, all of whom, through baptism, share in Christ’s identity as priest, prophet, and king. It was not cited in the article because it has nothing to do with the issue of a ministerial priesthood exercised by some.