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Christ the Living Stone
1 So put aside all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 2 Like newborn babies, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may *grow 𝔐13 ¦ grow into salvation 𝔐6 ANT CT PCKgrow, 3 if †indeed ¦ — CTindeed you have tasted that ‡Christ is the Lord 𝔐91 ¦ the Lord is good 𝔐55 {Note: The use of the name Christ in place of the word for good is likely a play on words in Greek since χριστος (Christ) and χρηστος (good) are pronounced similarly.}Christ is the Lord. 4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God, 5 you yourselves, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual §house, ¦ house, to be CThouse, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 *For it says in Scripture ¦ For Scripture says PCK ¦ Therefore it also says in Scripture TRFor it says in Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and no one who believes in him will ever be put to shame.”
7 This precious value is for you who believe, but to those who †are disobedient ¦ do not believe CTare disobedient,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
By disobeying the word they stumble, which is what they were appointed to do.
9 But you are a chosen lineage, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous 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.
Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as strangers and ‡sojourners to abstain 𝔐26 ¦ sojourners, abstain 𝔐16 ANTsojourners to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against your soul, 12 keeping your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God on the day of his visitation.
13 §Therefore, be ¦ Be CTTherefore, be subject to every human institution for the sake of the Lord, whether to the king as supreme 14 or to governors as those who are sent by him to punish evildoers and to praise those who do good. 15 For it is God's will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants of God. 17 Give honor to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor the king.
The Example of Christ's Suffering
18 Servants, submit to your masters with complete respect, not only to those who are good and gentle but also to those who are cruel. 19 For there is favor upon anyone who endures pain while suffering unjustly for the sake of conscience toward God. 20 What credit do you get if you endure when you sin and are beaten for it? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also *suffered for us, leaving an example so that you 64% ¦ suffered for us, leaving an example so that we TR 10.3% ¦ suffered for you, leaving an example so that you CT 10.2% ¦ died for us, leaving an example so that you MSS 5.2%suffered for us, leaving an example so that you could follow in his footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to our sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of †your 𝔐14 ¦ our 𝔐5 PCKyour souls.

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*2:2 grow 𝔐13 ¦ grow into salvation 𝔐6 ANT CT PCK

†2:3 indeed ¦ — CT

‡2:3 Christ is the Lord 𝔐91 ¦ the Lord is good 𝔐55 {Note: The use of the name Christ in place of the word for good is likely a play on words in Greek since χριστος (Christ) and χρηστος (good) are pronounced similarly.}

§2:5 house, ¦ house, to be CT

*2:6 For it says in Scripture ¦ For Scripture says PCK ¦ Therefore it also says in Scripture TR

†2:7 are disobedient ¦ do not believe CT

‡2:11 sojourners to abstain 𝔐26 ¦ sojourners, abstain 𝔐16 ANT

§2:13 Therefore, be ¦ Be CT

*2:21 suffered for us, leaving an example so that you 64% ¦ suffered for us, leaving an example so that we TR 10.3% ¦ suffered for you, leaving an example so that you CT 10.2% ¦ died for us, leaving an example so that you MSS 5.2%

†2:25 your 𝔐14 ¦ our 𝔐5 PCK

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