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 man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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