Thematic Bible
1 Peter 2:1 (show verse)
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
1 Peter 2:2 (show verse)
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
1 Peter 2:3 (show verse)
if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
1 Peter 2:4 (show verse)
to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen [and] precious in the sight of God.
1 Peter 2:5 (show verse)
And [you] yourselves, 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.
1 Peter 2:6 (show verse)
For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
1 Peter 2:7 (show verse)
Therefore the honor [is] for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe, "The stone that the builders rejected, this one has become {the cornerstone},"
1 Peter 2:8 (show verse)
and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.
1 Peter 2:9 (show verse)
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
1 Peter 2:10 (show verse)
who once [were] not a people, but now [are] the people of God, the ones [who were] not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.
1 Peter 2:11 (show verse)
Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,
1 Peter 2:12 (show verse)
maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in [the things] in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 2:13 (show verse)
Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king as having supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:14 (show verse)
or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.
1 Peter 2:15 (show verse)
For the will of God is as follows: [by] doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
1 Peter 2:16 (show verse)
[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.
1 Peter 2:17 (show verse)
Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 2:18 (show verse)
Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.
1 Peter 2:19 (show verse)
For this [finds] favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows [while] suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 2:20 (show verse)
For what credit [is it] if, [when you] sin and are beaten [for it], you endure? But if you endure [when you] do good and suffer [for it], this [finds] favor with God.
1 Peter 2:21 (show verse)
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,
1 Peter 2:22 (show verse)
who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,
1 Peter 2:23 (show verse)
who [when he] was reviled, did not revile in return; [when] suffering, he did not threaten, but entrusted [himself] to the one who judges justly,
1 Peter 2:24 (show verse)
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 2:25 (show verse)
For you were going astray like sheep, but you have turned back now to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.