Thematic Bible
1 Peter 2:1 (show verse)
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
1 Peter 2:2 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:3 (show verse)
if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
1 Peter 2:4 (show verse)
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,
1 Peter 2:5 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:6 (show verse)
For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes inHim will not be disappointed.”
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And he who believes in
1 Peter 2:7 (show verse)
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This became the very corner stone,”
1 Peter 2:8 (show verse)
and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
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1 Peter 2:9 (show verse)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1 Peter 2:10 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:11 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:12 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:13 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:14 (show verse)
or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
1 Peter 2:15 (show verse)
For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16 (show verse)
Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.
1 Peter 2:17 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:18 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:19 (show verse)
For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 2:20 (show verse)
For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
1 Peter 2:21 (show verse)
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
1 Peter 2:22 (show verse)
who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;
1 Peter 2:23 (show verse)
1 Peter 2:24 (show verse)
and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 2:25 (show verse)
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.