1 Peter 2:2-5
New King James Version
2 (A)as newborn babes, desire the pure (B)milk of the word, that you may grow [a]thereby, 3 if indeed you have (C)tasted that the Lord is gracious.
The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People(D)
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, (E)rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 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.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Peter 2:2 NU adds up to salvation
1 Peter 2:2-5
New International Version
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(A) so that by it you may grow up(B) in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(C)
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(D)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(E) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(F) into a spiritual house[a](G) to be a holy priesthood,(H) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(I)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
1 Peter 2:9-10
New King James Version
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 (A)darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (B)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Read full chapter
1 Peter 2:9-10
New International Version
9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.