The Living Stone and a Holy People
2So rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.G37672Like 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 G3870G5613G3941G2532G3927G567G4559G1939G3748G4754G2596G5590
A Call to Good Works
11Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.G2712Conduct 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 G5293G1203G1722G3956G5401G3756G3440G18G2532G1933G235G2532G4646
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.G361019For 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
New Testament
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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