Thematic Bible
1 Peter 2:1 (show verse)
Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
1 Peter 2:2 (show verse)
Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
1 Peter 2:3 (show verse)
for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
1 Peter 2:4 (show verse)
As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God
1 Peter 2:5 (show verse)
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6 (show verse)
For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."
1 Peter 2:7 (show verse)
To you therefore who believe, this is precious, but for those who do not believe, "The very stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,"
1 Peter 2:8 (show verse)
and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall;" they stumble because they disobey the wordas they were desstined to do.
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, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10 (show verse)
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.
1 Peter 2:11 (show verse)
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.
1 Peter 2:12 (show verse)
Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 2:13 (show verse)
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:14 (show verse)
or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
1 Peter 2:15 (show verse)
For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16 (show verse)
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a covering for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:17 (show verse)
Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 2:18 (show verse)
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are overbearing.
1 Peter 2:19 (show verse)
For a man is approved if, mindful of God, he bears up under pain while suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 2:20 (show verse)
For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you patiently endure? But if when you do right and suffer for it you patiently endure, you have favor with God.
1 Peter 2:21 (show verse)
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
1 Peter 2:22 (show verse)
"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth;"
1 Peter 2:23 (show verse)
when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he uttered no threats, but he trusted himself to him who judges justly.
1 Peter 2:24 (show verse)
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:25 (show verse)
For you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.