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1 Peter - Chapter 2

	1Pe 2:1	Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
	1Pe 2:2	as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, [fn]
	1Pe 2:3	if indeed you have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.
	1Pe 2:4	Coming to Him [as to] a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God [and] precious,
	1Pe 2:5	you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
	1Pe 2:6	Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." [fn]
	1Pe 2:7	Therefore, to you who believe, [He is] precious; but to those who are disobedient, [fn] "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone," [fn]
	1Pe 2:8	and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." [fn] They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
	1Pe 2:9	But you [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
	1Pe 2:10	who once [were] not a people but [are] now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
	1Pe 2:11	Beloved, I beg [you] as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
	1Pe 2:12	having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by [your] good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
	1Pe 2:13	Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
	1Pe 2:14	or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and [for the] praise of those who do good.
	1Pe 2:15	For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
	1Pe 2:16	as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
	1Pe 2:17	Honor all [people]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
	1Pe 2:18	Servants, [be] submissive to [your] masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
	1Pe 2:19	For this [is] commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
	1Pe 2:20	For what credit [is it] if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this [is] commendable before God.
	1Pe 2:21	For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, [fn] leaving us [fn] an example, that you should follow His steps:
	1Pe 2:22	"Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; [fn]
	1Pe 2:23	who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed [Himself] to Him who judges righteously;
	1Pe 2:24	who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.
	1Pe 2:25	For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer [fn] of your souls.

NKJV Footnotes:

(2:2) NU-Text adds up to salvation.
(2:6) Isaiah 28:16
(2:7) NU-Text reads to those who disbelieve.
(2:7) Psalm 118:22
(2:8) Isaiah 8:14
(2:21) NU-Text reads you.
(2:21) NU-Text and M-Text read you.
(2:22) Isaiah 53:9
(2:25) Greek Episkopos

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