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So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.

Living Stones for God’s House

You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor.

And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests.[a] Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God. As the Scriptures say,

“I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem,[b]
    chosen for great honor,
and anyone who trusts in him
    will never be disgraced.”[c]

Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him.[d] But for those who reject him,

“The stone that the builders rejected
    has now become the cornerstone.”[e]

And,

“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
    the rock that makes them fall.”[f]

They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[g] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

10 “Once you had no identity as a people;
    now you are God’s people.
Once you received no mercy;
    now you have received God’s mercy.”[h]

11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 Greek holy priesthood.
  2. 2:6a Greek in Zion.
  3. 2:6b Isa 28:16 (Greek version).
  4. 2:7a Or Yes, for you who believe, there is honor.
  5. 2:7b Ps 118:22.
  6. 2:8 Isa 8:14.
  7. 2:9 Greek a royal priesthood.
  8. 2:10 Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.
  9. 2:12 Or on the day of visitation.

Por lo tanto, desháganse de toda mala conducta. Acaben con todo engaño, hipocresía, celos y toda clase de comentarios hirientes. Como bebés recién nacidos, deseen con ganas la leche espiritual pura para que crezcan a una experiencia plena de la salvación. Pidan a gritos ese alimento nutritivo ahora que han probado la bondad del Señor.

Piedras vivas para la casa de Dios

Ahora ustedes se acercan a Cristo, quien es la piedra viva principal del templo de Dios. La gente lo rechazó, pero Dios lo eligió para darle gran honra.

Y ustedes son las piedras vivas con las cuales Dios edifica su templo espiritual. Además, son sacerdotes santos.[a] Por la mediación de Jesucristo, ustedes ofrecen sacrificios espirituales que agradan a Dios. Como dicen las Escrituras:

«Pongo en Jerusalén[b] una piedra principal,
    elegida para gran honra,
y todo el que confíe en él
    jamás será avergonzado»[c].

Así es, ustedes, los que confían en él, reconocen la honra que Dios le ha dado;[d] pero para aquellos que lo rechazan,

«La piedra que los constructores rechazaron
    ahora se ha convertido en la piedra principal»[e].

Además,

«Él es la piedra que hace tropezar a muchos,
    la roca que los hace caer»[f].

Tropiezan porque no obedecen la palabra de Dios y por eso se enfrentan con el destino que les fue preparado.

Pero ustedes no son así porque son un pueblo elegido. Son sacerdotes del Rey,[g] una nación santa, posesión exclusiva de Dios. Por eso pueden mostrar a otros la bondad de Dios, pues él los ha llamado a salir de la oscuridad y entrar en su luz maravillosa.

10 «Antes no tenían identidad como pueblo,
    ahora son pueblo de Dios.
Antes no recibieron misericordia,
    ahora han recibido la misericordia de Dios»[h].

11 Queridos amigos, ya que son «extranjeros y residentes temporales», les advierto que se alejen de los deseos mundanos, que luchan contra el alma. 12 Procuren llevar una vida ejemplar entre sus vecinos no creyentes. Así, por más que ellos los acusen de actuar mal, verán que ustedes tienen una conducta honorable y le darán honra a Dios cuando él juzgue al mundo.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 En griego son un sacerdocio santo.
  2. 2:6a En griego en Sion.
  3. 2:6b Is 28:16 (versión griega).
  4. 2:7a O Así es, para ustedes que creen, hay honor.
  5. 2:7b Sal 118:22.
  6. 2:8 Is 8:14.
  7. 2:9 En griego Son un sacerdocio del Rey.
  8. 2:10 Os 1:6, 9; 2:23.
  9. 2:12 O a Dios en el día de la visitación.

Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(C) so that by it you may grow up(D) in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(E)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

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

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

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

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

and,

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

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

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

Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(Y) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(Z) to abstain from sinful desires,(AA) which wage war against your soul.(AB) 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(AC) and glorify God(AD) on the day he visits us.

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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