1 Peter 2
As Newborn Babes
1Therefore, aputting aside all ▼▼ Or wickedness
malice and all deceit and ▼▼ plural nouns
hypocrisy and ▼▼ plural nouns
envy and all ▼▼ plural nouns
,
fslander, 2 glike newborn babies, long for the ▼▼ Or unadulterated
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ipure ▼▼ Or spiritual (Gr logikos) milk
milk of the word, so that by it you may kgrow ▼▼ Or up to salvation
in respect to salvation, 3if you have mtasted ▼▼ Lit that the Lord is kind
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othe kindness of the Lord. As Living Stones
4And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been prejected by men, but is ▼▼ Lit chosen; or elect
choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 ryou also, as living stones, ▼▼ Or allow yourselves to be built up; or build yourselves up
are being built up as a tspiritual house for a holy upriesthood, to voffer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For this is contained in ▼▼ Or a scripture
Scripture: x“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a y precious corner stone,And he who believes in ▼
▼ Or it
Him will not be ▼▼ Or put to shame
disappointed.”7 abThis precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, ac“The stone which the builders ad rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”
8and, ae“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
affor they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, agand to this doom they were also appointed.
9But you are ah a chosen race, a royal ai priesthood, a aj holy nation, ak a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you alout of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 amfor you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 anBeloved, aoI urge you as apaliens and strangers to abstain from aqfleshly lusts which wage arwar against the soul. 12 asKeep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they atslander you as evildoers, they may ▼
▼ Or as a result of
because of your good deeds, as they observe them, avglorify God awin the day of ▼▼ I.e. Christ’s coming again in judgment
visitation. Honor Authority
13 aySubmit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14or to governors as sent ▼▼ Lit through
by him bafor the punishment of evildoers and the bbpraise of those who do right. 15For ▼▼ Lit so
,
bdsuch is the will of God that by doing right you may besilence the ignorance of foolish men. 16Act as bffree men, and ▼▼ Lit not having
do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bhbondslaves of God. 17 biHonor all people, bjlove the brotherhood, bkfear God, blhonor the ▼▼ Or emperor
king. 18 bnServants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and bogentle, but also to those who are ▼▼ Or perverse
unreasonable. 19For this finds ▼▼ Or grace
favor, if for the sake of brconscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 20For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if bswhen you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds ▼▼ V 19, note 1
favor with God. Christ Is Our Example
21For buyou have been called for this purpose, bvsince Christ also suffered for you, leaving you bwan example for you to follow in His steps, 22who bx committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; 23 ▼▼ Lit who
and while being bzreviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24and He Himself ▼▼ Or carried...up to the cross
,
cbbore our sins in His body on the ▼▼ Lit wood
,
cdcross, so that we cemight die to ▼▼ Lit sins
sin and live to righteousness; for cgby His ▼▼ Lit wound; or welt
wounds you were cihealed. 25For you were cjcontinually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the ckShepherd and ▼▼ Or Bishop, Overseer
Guardian of your souls.
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