2
As Newborn Babes
1 Therefore,
Aputting aside all
1malice and all deceit and
2hypocrisy and
2envy and all
2Bslander,
2 Alike newborn babies, long for the
1Bpure
2milk of the word, so that by it you may
Cgrow
3in respect to salvation,
3 if you have
Atasted
1Bthe kindness of the Lord.
As Living Stones
4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been
Arejected by men, but is
1choice and precious in the sight of God,
5 Ayou also, as living stones,
1are being built up as a
Bspiritual house for a holy
Cpriesthood, to
Doffer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For
this is contained in
1Scripture:
“
ABᴇʜoʟᴅ, I ʟᴀʏ ɪɴ Zɪoɴ ᴀ cʜoɪcᴇ sᴛoɴᴇ, ᴀ
Bᴘʀᴇcɪoᴜs coʀɴᴇʀ
stone, Aɴᴅ ʜᴇ wʜo ʙᴇʟɪᴇvᴇs ɪɴ
2Hɪᴍ wɪʟʟ ɴoᴛ ʙᴇ
3ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘoɪɴᴛᴇᴅ.”
7 AThis precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“
BTʜᴇ sᴛoɴᴇ wʜɪcʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴅᴇʀs
Cʀᴇᴊᴇcᴛᴇᴅ,
Tʜɪs ʙᴇcᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ vᴇʀʏ coʀɴᴇʀ stone,”
8 and,
“
AA sᴛoɴᴇ oꜰ sᴛᴜᴍʙʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʀocᴋ oꜰ oꜰꜰᴇɴsᴇ”;
Bfor they stumble because they are disobedient to the word,
Cand to this
doom they were also appointed.
9 But you are
Aᴀ cʜosᴇɴ ʀᴀcᴇ, ᴀ royal
Bᴘʀɪᴇsᴛʜooᴅ, ᴀ
Cʜoʟʏ ɴᴀᴛɪoɴ,
Dᴀ ᴘᴇoᴘʟᴇ ꜰoʀ
God’s owɴ ᴘossᴇssɪoɴ, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you
Eout of darkness into His marvelous light;
10 Afor you once were ɴoᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴇoᴘʟᴇ, but now you are ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇoᴘʟᴇ oꜰ Goᴅ; you had ɴoᴛ ʀᴇcᴇɪvᴇᴅ ᴍᴇʀcʏ, but now you have ʀᴇcᴇɪvᴇᴅ ᴍᴇʀcʏ.
11 ABeloved,
BI urge you as
Caliens and strangers to abstain from
Dfleshly lusts which wage
Ewar against the soul.
12 AKeep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they
Bslander you as evildoers, they may
1because of your good deeds, as they observe
them, Cglorify God
Din the day of
2visitation.
Honor Authority
13 ASubmit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,
14 or to governors as sent
1by him
Afor the punishment of evildoers and the
Bpraise of those who do right.
15 For
1Asuch is the will of God that by doing right you may
Bsilence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 Act as
Afree men, and
1do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but
use it as
Bbondslaves of God.
17 AHonor all people,
Blove the brotherhood,
Cfear God,
Dhonor the
1king.
18 AServants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and
Bgentle, but also to those who are
1unreasonable.
19 For this
finds 1favor, if for the sake of
Aconscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if
Awhen you do what is right and suffer
for it you patiently endure it, this
finds 1favor with God.
Christ Is Our Example
21 For
Ayou have been called for this purpose,
Bsince Christ also suffered for you, leaving you
Can example for you to follow in His steps,
22 wʜo
Acoᴍᴍɪᴛᴛᴇᴅ ɴo sɪɴ, ɴoʀ wᴀs ᴀɴʏ ᴅᴇcᴇɪᴛ ꜰoᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ Hɪs ᴍoᴜᴛʜ;
23 1and while being
Areviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting
Himself to Him who judges righteously;
24 and He Himself
1Abore our sins in His body on the
2Bcross, so that we
Cmight die to
3sin and live to righteousness; for
Dby His
4wounds you were
Ehealed.
25 For you were
Acontinually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the
BShepherd and
1Guardian of your souls.