The Living Stone and a Holy People
1 So rid yourselves of(A) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.(B)
2 Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk,(C) so that you may grow by it for your salvation,(a)
3 since you have tasted(D) that the Lord is good.(E)(b)
4 Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—
5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(F) through Jesus Christ.
6 For it is contained in Scripture:
7 So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,
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Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,(S)
but now you have received mercy.
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,(S)
but now you have received mercy.
A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents(T) to abstain(U) from fleshly(V) desires that war against you.(r)(W)
12 Conduct(X) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,(s) so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.(t)(Y)
13 Submit(Z) to every human authority(u) because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor(v) as the supreme authority(AA)
14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.
15 For it is God’s will(AB) that you silence the ignorance(AC) of foolish people by doing good.
16 As God’s slaves,(AD) live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.(AE)
17 Honor everyone. Love(AF) the brotherhood.(AG) Fear God.(AH) Honor the Emperor.(w)
Submission of Slaves to Masters
18 Household slaves, submit with all fear(AI) to your masters,(AJ) not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.(x)(AK)
19 For it brings favor(y) if, mindful of God’s will,(z)(aa) someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.
20 For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer,(AL) if you endure it, this brings favor with God.
Footnotes:
a.
1 Peter 2:2: Other mss omit in your salvation
b.
1 Peter 2:3: Ps 34:8
c.
1 Peter 2:6: Or valuable
d.
1 Peter 2:6: Lit head of the corner
e.
1 Peter 2:6: Or be disappointed
f.
1 Peter 2:6: Is 28:16 LXX
g.
1 Peter 2:7: Ps 118:22
h.
1 Peter 2:8: Or a stone causing stumbling
i.
1 Peter 2:8: Or a rock to trip over
j.
1 Peter 2:8: Is 8:14
k.
1 Peter 2:9: Or generation, or nation
p.
1 Peter 2:9: Or the mighty deeds
r.
1 Peter 2:11: Or against the soul
s.
1 Peter 2:12: Or among the nations, or among the pagans
t.
1 Peter 2:12: The day when God intervenes in human history, either in grace or in judgment
u.
1 Peter 2:13: Or creature
v.
1 Peter 2:13: Lit king
w.
1 Peter 2:17: Lit king
x.
1 Peter 2:18: Or unscrupulous; lit crooked
y.
1 Peter 2:19: Other mss add with God
z.
1 Peter 2:19: Other mss read if, because of a good conscience
aa.
1 Peter 2:19: Lit if, because of conscience toward God
ab.
1 Peter 2:22: Is 53:9
ac.
1 Peter 2:24: Is 53:5
ad.
1 Peter 2:25: Is 53:6
ae.
1 Peter 2:25: Or Overseer
Cross references:
Y.
1 Peter 2:12:
Isaiah 10:3; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 10:15; Luke 1:68; Luke 7:16; Luke 19:44
AA.
1 Peter 2:13:
Romans 13:1
AC.
1 Peter 2:15:
1 Peter 3:16
AL.
1 Peter 2:20:
1 Peter 4:14
AN.
1 Peter 2:21:
John 13:15
AO.
1 Peter 2:21:
John 8:12
AQ.
1 Peter 2:22:
2 Peter 2:1
AR.
1 Peter 2:22:
Isaiah 53:9