1 Peter 2
1 Therefore put away all malice, all deceit, insincerity, jealousy, and slander of every sort.
Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
2 Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
3 since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
4 Come to him then, that living Stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious.
To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
5 And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.
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.
6 For, as Scripture says. Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him shall never be put to shame.
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.
7 For you, then, that believe, is the preciousness; but for those who do not believe, A stone which the builders rejected, The same has become the head stone of the corner,
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,
8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. They stumble over it because they are disobeying God’s word, and to this they were also appointed.
and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.
9 But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light -
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;
10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.
who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
11 I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.
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.
13 Submit yourselves, for the Lord’s sake, to every human authority; whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,
Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers.
or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
15 For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
16 Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.
Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
18 Household slaves, submit yourselves to your masters in all reverence; not only to the kind and gentle, but also to the unreasonable.
Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
19 For it is an acceptable thing to God, if from a sense of duty to him, a man endures a wrong, even suffering unjustly.
For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
20 For what credit is it if, when you are struck for a fault, you take it patiently? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it, you always take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
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.
21 For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps;
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:
22 He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth.
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
23 He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly.
who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
24 He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
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.
25 For you were straying like lost sheep, but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
