靈宮活石

主是活石,雖然被人棄絕,卻被上帝揀選、視為寶貴。 你們也如同活石,被用來建造屬靈的宮殿,好做聖潔的祭司,藉著耶穌基督獻上蒙上帝悅納的靈祭。 因為聖經上說:

「看啊,我在錫安放了一塊蒙揀選的寶貴房角石,
信靠祂的人必不會蒙羞。」

所以,對你們信的人而言,這石頭是寶貴的;但對那些不信的人來說,卻是:

「工匠丟棄的石頭,
已成了房角石。」

也是:

「絆腳石和使人跌倒的磐石。」

他們跌倒是因為他們不順服真道,這種下場早已註定了。

但你們是蒙揀選的族群,是君尊的祭司,是聖潔的國度,是上帝的子民,因此你們可以宣揚上帝的美德。祂曾呼召你們離開黑暗,進入祂奇妙的光明。 10 從前你們不是上帝的子民,現在卻作了祂的子民;從前你們未蒙憐憫,現在卻蒙了憐憫。

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The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(B) and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built(C) into a spiritual house[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(F) For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,(G)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[b](H)

Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(I)

“The stone the builders rejected(J)
    has become the cornerstone,”[c](K)

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[d](L)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(M)

But you are a chosen people,(N) a royal priesthood,(O) a holy nation,(P) God’s special possession,(Q) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(R) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(S) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
  3. 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
  4. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14