1 Peter 2:4-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God— 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(A) through Jesus Christ. 6 For it is contained in Scripture:
Look! I lay a stone in Zion,(B)
a chosen and honored[a] cornerstone,[b](C)
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame[d]
7 So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,
8 and
They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined(G) for this.
9 But you are a chosen race,[i](H)[j] a royal priesthood,(I)[k]
a holy nation,(J)[l] a people for His possession,(K)[m]
so that you may proclaim the praises[n](L)[o]
of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.(M)
10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,(N)
but now you have received mercy.
A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents(O) to abstain(P) from fleshly(Q) desires that war against you.[p](R) 12 Conduct(S) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[q] so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.[r](T)
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- 1 Peter 2:6 Or valuable
- 1 Peter 2:6 Lit head of the corner
- 1 Peter 2:6 Or be disappointed
- 1 Peter 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:7 Ps 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Or a stone causing stumbling
- 1 Peter 2:8 Or a rock to trip over
- 1 Peter 2:8 Is 8:14
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or generation, or nation
- 1 Peter 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or the mighty deeds
- 1 Peter 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21
- 1 Peter 2:11 Or against the soul
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
- 1 Peter 2:12 The day when God intervenes in human history, either in grace or in judgment
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