1Peter 2:12 - Prayer Tents

1Peter 2

Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood

2Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,G3767G659G3956G2549G2532G3956G1388G2532G5272G2532G5355G2532G3956G26362as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,G5613G738G1025G1971G97G1051G3050G2443G837G1722G8463if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.G1512G1089G3754G2962G5543

The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

4Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,G4314G3739G4334G2198G3037G593G3303G5259G444G1161G1588G3844G2316G17845you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.G846G2532G5613G2198G3037G3618G4152G3624G40G2406G399G4152G2378G2144G2316G1223G2424G55476Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame."G1352G2532G4023G1722G1124G2400G5087G1722G4622G204G3037G1588G1784G2532G4100G1909G846G2617G3364G26177Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,"G5213G3767G3588G4100G5092G1161G544G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G11378and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.G2532G3037G4348G2532G4073G4625G3739G4350G3056G544G1519G3739G2532G50879But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;G1161G5210G1588G1085G934G2406G40G1484G1519G4047G2992G3704G1804G703G2564G5209G1537G4655G1519G846G2298G545710who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.G3588G4218G3756G2992G1161G3568G2992G2316G3588G1653G3756G1653G1161G3568G1653

Living Before the World

11Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,G27G3870G5613G3941G2532G3927G567G4559G1939G3748G4754G2596G559012having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.G2192G5216G391G2570G1722G1484G2443G1722G3739G2635G5216G5613G2555G1392G1537G2570G2041G2029G1392G2316G1722G2250G1984

Submission to Government

13Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,G3767G5293G3956G2937G442G1223G2962G1535G935G5613G524214or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.G1535G2232G5613G3992G1223G846G1519G3303G1557G2555G1161G1868G1715For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—G3754G3779G2076G2307G2316G15G5392G56G878G44416as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.G5613G1658G2532G3361G2192G1657G5613G1942G2549G235G5613G1401G231617Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.G5091G3956G25G81G5399G2316G5091G935

Submission to Masters

18Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.G3610G5293G1203G1722G3956G5401G3756G3440G18G2532G1933G235G2532G464619For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.G1063G5124G5485G1487G5100G1223G4893G2316G5297G3077G3958G9520For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.G1063G4169G2811G1487G2532G2852G264G5278G235G1487G15G2532G3958G5278G5124G5485G3844G231621For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:G1063G1519G5124G2564G3754G5547G2532G3958G5228G2257G5277G2254G5261G2443G1872G846G248722"Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth";G3739G4160G3756G266G3761G1388G2147G1722G846G475023who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;G3739G3058G486G3756G486G3958G546G3756G1161G3860G2919G134624who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.G3739G846G399G2257G266G1722G846G4983G1909G3586G2443G2198G581G266G2198G1343G3739G846G3468G239025For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.G1063G2258G5613G4263G4105G235G1994G3568G1994G1909G4166G2532G1985G5216G5590