1
Peter 2:1-12
THEREFORE,
RID YOURSELVES OF ALL MALICE AND ALL DECEIT,
HYPOCRISY,
ENVY AND SLANDER OF EVERY KIND.
2
LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK,
SO
THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW UP IN YOUR SALVATION,
3
NOW THAT YOU HAVE TASTED THAT THE LORD IS GOOD.
4
As you come to Him, the Living Stone--
REJECTED
BY MEN
BUT
CHOSEN BY GOD AND PRECIOUS TO HIM--
5
YOU ALSO LIKE LIVING STONES,
ARE
BEING BUILT INTO A SPIRITUAL HOUSE
TO
BE A HOLY PRIESTHOOD,
OFFERING
SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD
THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST.
6
For in the Scripture it says:
'See,
I lay a Stone in Zion,
A
chosen and Precious Cornerstone,
And
the one who Trusts in Him
Will
never be put to Shame.'
7
Now to you who believe, this Stone is Precious,
But
to those who do not believe,
'The
Stone the Builders Rejected
Has
become the Capstone,' and
8
'A Stone that Causes men to Stumble
And
a Rock that makes them fall.'
THEY
STUMBLE BECAUSE THEY DISOBEY THE MESSAGE--
WHICH
IS ALSO WHAT THEY WERE DESTINED FOR.
9
BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE,
A
ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION,
A
PEOPLE BELONGING TO GOD,
THAT
YOU MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES OF HIM
WHO
CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO
HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT.
10
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.
11
DEAR FRIENDS, I URGE YOU,
AS
STRANGERS IN THE WORLD,
TO
ABSTAIN FROM SINFUL DESIRES
WHICH
WAR AGAINST YOUR SOUL.
12
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.
(1
Peter 2:1-12)
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