In AV 'lively' sometimes means 'living.' Thus in 1Pe 2:5 Christians are 'lively stones,' while in the previous verse Christ is a 'living stone,' though the Gr. word is the same in both verses. The other passages are Ac 7:38 'lively oracles' and 1Pe 1:3 'lively hope.'
"This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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