1 Peter 2

1 Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

Therefore, cease ye from all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envy, and backbiting.

2 as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

And be like infant children; and crave the word, as being the pure spiritual milk by which ye are nourished up to life;

3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.

if ye have tasted and seen that the Lord is good:

4 To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,

to whom ye have come, because he is a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God elect and precious.

5 yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.

6 Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

For it is said in the scripture, Behold, in Zion I lay a chosen and precious stone, for the head of the corner; and whoever believeth in him, will not be ashamed.

7 To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,

On you therefore who believe, is this honor conferred: but to them who believe not,

8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.

he is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. And they stumble at it, because they believe not the word: whereto they were appointed.

9 But ye [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

But ye are an elect race, officiating as priests of the kingdom; a holy people, a redeemed congregation; that ye should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to his precious light:

10 who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

who formerly were not accounted a people, but now are the people of God; and also, there were once no mercies on you, but now mercies are poured out upon you.

11 Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

My beloved, I entreat you as strangers and pilgrims, separate yourselves from all lusts of the body; for they war against the soul.

12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.

And let your behavior be decorous before all men; so that they who utter evil speeches against you, may see your good actions, and may praise God in the day of trial.

13 Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,

And be ye submissive to all the sons of men, for God's sake; to kings, on account of their authority;

14 or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.

and to judges, because they are sent by him for the punishment of offenders, and for the praise of them that do well.

15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

For so is the pleasure of God, that by your good deeds ye may stop the mouth of the foolish, who know not God:

16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.

as free men, yet not like men who make their freedom a cloak for their wickedness, but as the servants of God.

17 Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.

Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings.

18 Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

And those among you who are servants, be subject to your masters, with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh and morose.

19 For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully.

20 For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.

But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise with God.

21 For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps.

22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

He did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth.

23 who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;

When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness.

24 who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.

And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.

25 For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

For ye, once went astray, like sheep; but ye have now returned to the Shepherd and Curator of your souls.