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1Peter 2
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The Living Stone and a Holy People

2So rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.G3767G659G3956G2549G2532G3956G1388G2532G5272G2532G5355G2532G3956G2636
2Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation,G5613G738G1025G1971G97G1051G3050G2443G837G1722G846
3since you have tasted that the Lord is good.G1512G1089G3754G2962G5543
4Coming to Him, a living stone— rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—G4314G3739G4334G2198G3037G593G3303G5259G444G1161G1588G3844G2316G1784
5you 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.G846G2532G5613G2198G3037G3618G4152G3624G40G2406G399G4152G2378G2144G2316G1223G2424G5547
6For 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!G1352G2532G4023G1722G1124G2400G5087G1722G4622G204G3037G1588G1784G2532G4100G1909G846G2617G3364G2617
7So the honor is for you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this One has become the cornerstone, andG5213G3767G3588G4100G5092G1161G544G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G1137
8A stone that causes men to stumble, and a rock that trips them up. They stumble by disobeying the message; they were destined for this.G2532G3037G4348G2532G4073G4625G3739G4350G3056G544G1519G3739G2532G5087
9But 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.G1161G5210G1588G1085G934G2406G40G1484G1519G4047G2992G3704G1804G703G2564G5209G1537G4655G1519G846G2298G5457
10Once 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.G27G3870G5613G3941G2532G3927G567G4559G1939G3748G4754G2596G5590
12Conduct 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.G2192G5216G391G2570G1722G1484G2443G1722G3739G2635G5216G5613G2555G1392G1537G2570G2041G2029G1392G2316G1722G2250G1984
13Submit to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority,G3767G5293G3956G2937G442G1223G2962G1535G935G5613G5242
14or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.G1535G2232G5613G3992G1223G846G1519G3303G1557G2555G1161G1868G17
15For it is God's will that you, by doing good, silence the ignorance of foolish people.G3754G3779G2076G2307G2316G15G5392G56G878G444
16As God's slaves, [live] as free people, but don't use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.G5613G1658G2532G3361G2192G1657G5613G1942G2549G235G5613G1401G2316
17Honor 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.G3610G5293G1203G1722G3956G5401G3756G3440G18G2532G1933G235G2532G4646
19For it [brings] favor if, because of conscience toward God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.G1063G5124G5485G1487G5100G1223G4893G2316G5297G3077G3958G95
20For 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.G1063G4169G2811G1487G2532G2852G264G5278G235G1487G15G2532G3958G5278G5124G5485G3844G2316
21For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps.G1063G1519G5124G2564G3754G5547G2532G3958G5228G2257G5277G2254G5261G2443G1872G846G2487
22He did not commit sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth;G3739G4160G3756G266G3761G1388G2147G1722G846G4750
23when reviled, He did not revile in return; when suffering, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to the One who judges justly.G3739G3058G486G3756G486G3958G546G3756G1161G3860G2919G1346
24He 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.G3739G846G399G2257G266G1722G846G4983G1909G3586G2443G2198G581G266G2198G1343G3739G846G3468G2390
25For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.G1063G2258G5613G4263G4105G235G1994G3568G1994G1909G4166G2532G1985G5216G5590


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