1Peter 2:18 - Prayer Tents

1Peter 2

The Living Stone and a Holy People

2So rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.G3767G659G3956G2549G2532G3956G1388G2532G5272G2532G5355G2532G3956G26362Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation,G5613G738G1025G1971G97G1051G3050G2443G837G1722G8463since you have tasted that the Lord is good.G1512G1089G3754G2962G55434Coming to Him, a living stone— rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—G4314G3739G4334G2198G3037G593G3303G5259G444G1161G1588G3844G2316G17845you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.G846G2532G5613G2198G3037G3618G4152G3624G40G2406G399G4152G2378G2144G2316G1223G2424G55476For it stands in Scripture: Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and valuable cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame!G1352G2532G4023G1722G1124G2400G5087G1722G4622G204G3037G1588G1784G2532G4100G1909G846G2617G3364G26177So the honor is for you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this One has become the cornerstone, andG5213G3767G3588G4100G5092G1161G544G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G11378A stone that causes men to stumble, and a rock that trips them up. They stumble by disobeying the message; they were destined for this.G2532G3037G4348G2532G4073G4625G3739G4350G3056G544G1519G3739G2532G50879But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.G1161G5210G1588G1085G934G2406G40G1484G1519G4047G2992G3704G1804G703G2564G5209G1537G4655G1519G846G2298G545710Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.G3588G4218G3756G2992G1161G3568G2992G2316G3588G1653G3756G1653G1161G3568G1653

A Call to Good Works

11Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.G27G3870G5613G3941G2532G3927G567G4559G1939G3748G4754G2596G559012Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do evil, they may, by observing your good works, glorify God in a day of visitation.G2192G5216G391G2570G1722G1484G2443G1722G3739G2635G5216G5613G2555G1392G1537G2570G2041G2029G1392G2316G1722G2250G198413Submit to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority,G3767G5293G3956G2937G442G1223G2962G1535G935G5613G524214or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.G1535G2232G5613G3992G1223G846G1519G3303G1557G2555G1161G1868G1715For it is God's will that you, by doing good, silence the ignorance of foolish people.G3754G3779G2076G2307G2316G15G5392G56G878G44416As God's slaves, [live] as free people, but don't use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.G5613G1658G2532G3361G2192G1657G5613G1942G2549G235G5613G1401G231617Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.G5091G3956G25G81G5399G2316G5091G935

Submission of Slaves to Masters

18Household slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.G3610G5293G1203G1722G3956G5401G3756G3440G18G2532G1933G235G2532G464619For it [brings] favor if, because of conscience toward God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.G1063G5124G5485G1487G5100G1223G4893G2316G5297G3077G3958G9520For what credit is there if you endure when you sin and are beaten? But when you do good and suffer, if you endure, it brings favor with God.G1063G4169G2811G1487G2532G2852G264G5278G235G1487G15G2532G3958G5278G5124G5485G3844G231621For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps.G1063G1519G5124G2564G3754G5547G2532G3958G5228G2257G5277G2254G5261G2443G1872G846G248722He did not commit sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth;G3739G4160G3756G266G3761G1388G2147G1722G846G475023when reviled, He did not revile in return; when suffering, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to the One who judges justly.G3739G3058G486G3756G486G3958G546G3756G1161G3860G2919G134624He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by His wounding you have been healed.G3739G846G399G2257G266G1722G846G4983G1909G3586G2443G2198G581G266G2198G1343G3739G846G3468G239025For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.G1063G2258G5613G4263G4105G235G1994G3568G1994G1909G4166G2532G1985G5216G5590