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1Peter 2

A Living Stone and a Holy People

2So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.G3767G659G3956G2549G2532G3956G1388G2532G5272G2532G5355G2532G3956G26362Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—G5613G738G1025G1971G97G1051G3050G2443G837G1722G8463if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.G1512G1089G3754G2962G55434As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,G4314G3739G4334G2198G3037G593G3303G5259G444G1161G1588G3844G2316G17845you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.G846G2532G5613G2198G3037G3618G4152G3624G40G2406G399G4152G2378G2144G2316G1223G2424G55476For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."G1352G2532G4023G1722G1124G2400G5087G1722G4622G204G3037G1588G1784G2532G4100G1909G846G2617G3364G26177So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,"G5213G3767G3588G4100G5092G1161G544G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G11378and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.G2532G3037G4348G2532G4073G4625G3739G4350G3056G544G1519G3739G2532G50879But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.G1161G5210G1588G1085G934G2406G40G1484G1519G4047G2992G3704G1804G703G2564G5209G1537G4655G1519G846G2298G545710Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.G3588G4218G3756G2992G1161G3568G2992G2316G3588G1653G3756G1653G1161G3568G165311Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.G27G3870G5613G3941G2532G3927G567G4559G1939G3748G4754G2596G559012Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.G2192G5216G391G2570G1722G1484G2443G1722G3739G2635G5216G5613G2555G1392G1537G2570G2041G2029G1392G2316G1722G2250G1984

Submission to Authority

13Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,G3767G5293G3956G2937G442G1223G2962G1535G935G5613G524214or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.G1535G2232G5613G3992G1223G846G1519G3303G1557G2555G1161G1868G1715For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.G3754G3779G2076G2307G2316G15G5392G56G878G44416Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.G5613G1658G2532G3361G2192G1657G5613G1942G2549G235G5613G1401G231617Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.G5091G3956G25G81G5399G2316G5091G93518Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.G3610G5293G1203G1722G3956G5401G3756G3440G18G2532G1933G235G2532G464619For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.G1063G5124G5485G1487G5100G1223G4893G2316G5297G3077G3958G9520For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.G1063G4169G2811G1487G2532G2852G264G5278G235G1487G15G2532G3958G5278G5124G5485G3844G231621For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.G1063G1519G5124G2564G3754G5547G2532G3958G5228G2257G5277G2254G5261G2443G1872G846G248722He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.G3739G4160G3756G266G3761G1388G2147G1722G846G475023When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.G3739G3058G486G3756G486G3958G546G3756G1161G3860G2919G134624He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.G3739G846G399G2257G266G1722G846G4983G1909G3586G2443G2198G581G266G2198G1343G3739G846G3468G239025For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.G1063G2258G5613G4263G4105G235G1994G3568G1994G1909G4166G2532G1985G5216G5590


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