1 Peter 2:1
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter 2:2
as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,
1 Peter 2:3
if so be ye did taste that the Lord is gracious,
1 Peter 2:4
to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,
1 Peter 2:5
and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'
1 Peter 2:7
to you, then, who are believing is the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,
1 Peter 2:8
and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence--who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, --to which also they were set;
1 Peter 2:9
and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;
1 Peter 2:10
who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I call upon you , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
1 Peter 2:12
having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.
1 Peter 2:13
Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,
1 Peter 2:14
whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;
1 Peter 2:15
because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;
1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
1 Peter 2:17
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
1 Peter 2:18
The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;
1 Peter 2:19
for this is gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;
1 Peter 2:20
for what renown is it , if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure it ? but if, doing good and suffering for it , ye do endure, this is gracious with God,
1 Peter 2:21
for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,
1 Peter 2:22
who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,
1 Peter 2:23
who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
1 Peter 2:24
who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
1 Peter 2:25
for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.