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A Living Stone and a Holy People
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation —
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
As you come to him, the living Stone — rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him —
As you come to him, the living Stone — rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him —
you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”