1 Peter 2
King James Version
2 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
1 Peter 2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Living Stone and a Holy People
2 So rid yourselves of(A) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.(B) 2 Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk,(C) so that you may grow by it for your salvation,[a] 3 since you have tasted(D) that the Lord is good.(E)[b] 4 Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God— 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(F) through Jesus Christ. 6 For it is contained in Scripture:
Look! I lay a stone in Zion,(G)
a chosen and honored[c] cornerstone,[d](H)
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame[f]
7 So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,
8 and
They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined(L) for this.
9 But you are a chosen race,[k](M)[l] a royal priesthood,(N)[m]
a holy nation,(O)[n] a people for His possession,(P)[o]
so that you may proclaim the praises[p](Q)[q]
of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.(R)
10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,(S)
but now you have received mercy.
A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents(T) to abstain(U) from fleshly(V) desires that war against you.[r](W) 12 Conduct(X) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[s] so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.[t](Y)
13 Submit(Z) to every human authority[u] because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor[v] as the supreme authority(AA) 14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good. 15 For it is God’s will(AB) that you silence the ignorance(AC) of foolish people by doing good. 16 As God’s slaves,(AD) live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.(AE) 17 Honor everyone. Love(AF) the brotherhood.(AG) Fear God.(AH) Honor the Emperor.[w]
Submission of Slaves to Masters
18 Household slaves, submit with all fear(AI) to your masters,(AJ) not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.[x](AK) 19 For it brings favor[y] if, mindful of God’s will,[z][aa] someone endures grief from suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer,(AL) if you endure it, this brings favor with God.
21 For you were called to this,
because Christ also suffered(AM) for you,
leaving you an example,(AN)
so that you should follow(AO) in His steps.
22 He did not commit sin,(AP)
and no deceit(AQ) was found in His mouth;(AR)[ab]
23 when He was reviled,
He did not revile in return;
when He was suffering,
He did not threaten
but entrusted Himself to the One who judges(AS) justly.
24 He Himself bore our sins(AT)
in His body(AU) on the tree,(AV)
so that, having died to sins,(AW)
we might live for righteousness;(AX)
you have been healed by His wounds.(AY)[ac]
25 For you were like sheep going astray,(AZ)[ad]
but you have now returned
to the Shepherd(BA) and Guardian[ae] of your souls.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:2 Other mss omit in your salvation
- 1 Peter 2:3 Ps 34:8
- 1 Peter 2:6 Or valuable
- 1 Peter 2:6 Lit head of the corner
- 1 Peter 2:6 Or be disappointed
- 1 Peter 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:7 Ps 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Or a stone causing stumbling
- 1 Peter 2:8 Or a rock to trip over
- 1 Peter 2:8 Is 8:14
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or generation, or nation
- 1 Peter 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or the mighty deeds
- 1 Peter 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21
- 1 Peter 2:11 Or against the soul
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
- 1 Peter 2:12 The day when God intervenes in human history, either in grace or in judgment
- 1 Peter 2:13 Or creature
- 1 Peter 2:13 Lit king
- 1 Peter 2:17 Lit king
- 1 Peter 2:18 Or unscrupulous; lit crooked
- 1 Peter 2:19 Other mss add with God
- 1 Peter 2:19 Other mss read if, because of a good conscience
- 1 Peter 2:19 Lit if, because of conscience toward God
- 1 Peter 2:22 Is 53:9
- 1 Peter 2:24 Is 53:5
- 1 Peter 2:25 Is 53:6
- 1 Peter 2:25 Or Overseer
1 Peter 2
Darby Translation
2 Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
2 as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
4 To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
5 yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.
7 To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,
8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.
9 But *ye* [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;
10 who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
11 Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
13 Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
14 or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
17 Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
18 Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
19 For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
20 For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
21 For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
23 who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
24 who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.
25 For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 2
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
2 Therefore oun, having put away apotithēmi all pas malice kakia and kai all pas deceit dolos and kai hypocrisy hypokrisis and kai envy phthonos and kai slander katalalia of every kind pas, 2 like hōs newborn artigennētos babes brephos, crave epipotheō the ho milk gala that is pure adolos and spiritual logikos, so that hina by en it autos you may grow up auxanō to eis salvation sōtēria, 3 since ei you have tasted geuomai that hoti the ho Lord kyrios is good chrēstos.
4 As you come proserchomai to pros him hos, a living zaō stone lithos rejected apodokimazō by hypo men anthrōpos but de chosen eklektos by para God theos and precious entimos, 5 you autos also kai, like hōs living zaō stones lithos, are being built up oikodomeō as a spiritual pneumatikos house oikos, to be eis a holy hagios priesthood hierateuma to offer anapherō spiritual pneumatikos sacrifices thusia acceptable euprosdektos to ho God theos through dia Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos. 6 For dioti it says periechō in en scripture graphē, “ Behold idou, I lay tithēmi in en Zion Siōn a stone lithos, a cornerstone akrogōniaios chosen eklektos and precious entimos, and kai the ho one who believes pisteuō in epi him autos will never ou mē be put to shame kataischunō.” 7 Therefore oun the ho great value timē is to you hymeis who ho believe pisteuō; but de for those who do not believe apisteō, “The stone lithos that hos the ho builders oikodomeō rejected apodokimazō, this very one houtos has become ginomai the cornerstone kephalē gōnia,” 8 and kai, “A stone lithos that makes people stumble proskomma and kai a rock petra that makes them fall skandalon.” They hos stumble proskoptō, as they were destined tithēmi to eis do hos, since they do not obey apeitheō the ho word logos. · kai
9 But de you hymeis are a chosen eklektos race genos, a royal basileios priesthood hierateuma, a holy hagios nation ethnos, a people laos for eis his own possession peripoiēsis, so that hopōs you may declare exangellō the ho glorious deeds aretē of the ho one who called kaleō you hymeis out of ek darkness skotos into eis · ho his autos marvelous thaumastos light phōs. 10 At one time pote you hos were not ou a people laos, but de now nyn you are the people laos of God theos. You ho were shown no ou mercy eleeō, but de now nyn have received mercy eleeō.
11 Dear friends agapētos, I urge parakaleō you as hōs foreigners paroikos and kai exiles parepidēmos to abstain apechō from desires epithumia of the ho flesh sarkikos, which hostis wage war against kata your ho soul psychē, 12 and maintain echō an honorable kalos · ho lifestyle anastrophē among en the ho Gentiles ethnos so that hina, with respect to en the very things about which hos they slander katalaleō you hymeis as hōs evildoers kakopoios, they may , by ek observing epopteuō your ho good kalos works ergon, glorify doxazō · ho God theos on en the day hēmera of visitation episkopē. 13 Submit hypotassō to every pas human anthrōpinos authority ktisis on account of dia the ho Lord kyrios, whether eite to the king basileus as hōs supreme hyperechō, 14 or eite to governors hēgemōn as hōs those sent pempō by dia him autos for eis the punishment ekdikēsis of those who do evil kakopoios and de the praise epainos of those who do good agathopoios. 15 For hoti this houtōs is eimi the ho will thelēma of ho God theos: by doing good agathopoieō to silence phimoō the ho ignorance agnōsia of ho foolish aphrōn men anthrōpos. 16 Live as hōs free people eleutheros, · kai not mē as hōs those using echō freedom eleutheria as a cover-up epikalymma for ho evil kakia, · ho but alla as hōs servants of God theos. 17 Honor timaō everyone pas; love agapaō the ho brotherhood adelphotēs; reverence phobeomai · ho God theos; honor timaō the ho king basileus.
18 · ho Household servants oiketēs should be subject hypotassō to their ho masters despotēs with en all pas respect phobos, not ou only monon to the ho good agathos and kai kind epieikēs but alla also kai to the ho unjust skolios. 19 For gar this houtos is commendable charis, if ei because dia of conscience syneidēsis toward God theos someone tis endures hypopherō pain lypē while suffering paschō unjustly adikōs. 20 For gar what poios praise kleos is there if ei, when you do wrong hamartanō and kai are beaten kolaphizō for it, you endure hypomenō it? But alla if ei when you do good agathopoieō and kai suffer paschō for it you endure hypomenō it, this houtos is commendable charis in para God’ s theos sight. 21 For gar to eis this houtos you have been called kaleō, because hoti Christ Christos also kai suffered paschō for hyper you hymeis, leaving behind hypolimpanō for you hymeis an example hypogrammos so that hina you might follow epakoloutheō in ho his autos footsteps ichnos. 22 He hos did poieō not ou commit poieō sin hamartia, nor oude was deceit dolos found heuriskō in en · ho his autos mouth stoma. 23 When he hos was insulted loidoreō, he did not ou respond with an insult antiloidoreō; when he suffered paschō, he did not ou threaten apeileō, but de entrusted himself paradidōmi to the ho one who judges krinō justly dikaiōs. 24 He hos himself autos bore anapherō · ho our hēmeis sins hamartia in en · ho his autos body sōma on epi the ho tree xylon so that hina we zaō, having died apoginomai to ho sins hamartia, might live zaō to ho righteousness dikaiosynē. By ho his hos wounds mōlōps you were healed iaomai. 25 For gar you were eimi like hōs sheep probaton, going astray planaō, but alla now nyn you have turned back epistrephō to epi the ho shepherd poimēn and kai guardian episkopos of ho your hymeis souls psychē.
1 Peter 2
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Yearn For His Word So That You May Grow
2 Having then laid-aside all badness[a], and all deceit and hypocrisies and jealousies, and all slanders— 2 yearn like newborn babies for the deceitless[b] milk of-the-Word[c] in order that by it you may grow in[d] [your] salvation, 3 if [e] you tasted that the Lord is good—
For You Are Being Built Upon The Living Cornerstone As a Holy Priesthood
4 ... coming to Whom as the living Stone having been rejected by people, but chosen, precious with God, 5 you yourselves also as living stones are being built[f] as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying a Stone in Zion— a chosen, precious Cornerstone. And the one putting-faith upon Him will never be put-to-shame” [Isa 28:16]. 7 The precious-value then is for you, the ones believing. But for ones not-believing: “The Stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head[g] of the corner” [Ps 118:22] 8 and “a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of [h] falling” [Isa 8:14]— who stumble while[i] disobeying the word, to which indeed they were appointed[j].
And You Are Chosen By God To Report His Virtues To The World
9 And you are a chosen family[k], a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may report the virtues[l] of the One having called you out of darkness into His marvelous light— 10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; the ones not having received-mercy, but now having received-mercy.
Beloved, Keep Your Conduct Praiseworthy In The World So That God May Be Glorified
11 Beloved, I exhort you as foreigners[m] and pilgrims to be abstaining from fleshly desires which wage-war against the soul, 12 holding your conduct good[n] among the Gentiles in order that in what they are speaking-against you as evil-doers[o], they may by observing your good works glorify God on the day of visitation[p].
Be Subject To Human Institutions For The Lord’s Sake
13 Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake— whether to a king as being superior, 14 or to governors as being sent by him[q] for the punishment of evil-doers and praise of good-doers. 15 Because thus is the will of God, that while doing-good you may be silencing the ignorance of foolish people.
Honor Everyone
16 As[r] free ones, and not having the freedom as a covering of evilness, but as slaves of God, 17 honor everyone: be loving the brotherhood[s], be fearing God, be honoring the king;
Be Subject To Your Masters, Whether Good Or Bad, Following Christ’s Example
18 ... servants, being subject to your masters with all fear[t], not only to the good and kind ones, but also to the crooked[u] ones. 19 For this finds favor— if for the sake of a consciousness[v] of God one bears-up[w] while suffering sorrows unjustly. 20 For what-kind-of credit[x] is it if while sinning and being beaten, you will endure? But if while doing-good and suffering you will endure, this finds favor with God. 21 For you were called to this[y]. Because Christ also suffered for you, leaving-behind a pattern for you in order that you might follow-after His footsteps—
Christ Suffered Unjustly, Entrusting Himself To God
22 ... Who “did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth” [Isa 53:9]; 23 Who while being reviled, was not reviling-in-return; while suffering, was not threatening, but was committing Himself [z] to the One judging righteously; 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross in order that we, having died[aa] to sins, might live for righteousness; by Whose bruise you were healed. 25 For you were going-astray like sheep, but now you returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:1 Or, evilness, malice.
- 1 Peter 2:2 Or, pure, unadulterated.
- 1 Peter 2:2 Or, pertaining-to-the-Word. Or, pertaining-to-the-real-nature-of-things, and thus, ‘spiritual’ milk.
- 1 Peter 2:2 Or, in relation to, into.
- 1 Peter 2:3 That is, assuming that.
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or, are building yourselves. Or this may be a command, be built, build yourselves.
- 1 Peter 2:7 See Mk 12:10.
- 1 Peter 2:8 That is, causing a fall.
- 1 Peter 2:8 That is, because they are disobeying; or, by disobeying.
- 1 Peter 2:8 Or, destined.
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or, race, people, nation.
- 1 Peter 2:9 Or, excellencies, praises, mighty acts.
- 1 Peter 2:11 Or, resident aliens.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or, commendable, praiseworthy.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or, criminals (in living as Christians).
- 1 Peter 2:12 That is, the day when God visits them with salvation or judgment; or, the day when they judge you.
- 1 Peter 2:14 Or, Him.
- 1 Peter 2:16 Or, [Live] as free ones.
- 1 Peter 2:17 That is, the community of believers.
- 1 Peter 2:18 That is, with all respect; or, in all reverence of God.
- 1 Peter 2:18 Or, dishonest, unscrupulous. That is, toward you, v 19.
- 1 Peter 2:19 Or, conscience toward God.
- 1 Peter 2:19 Or, endures.
- 1 Peter 2:20 Or, fame, glory.
- 1 Peter 2:21 That is, to bear up under unjust suffering for Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:23 Or, them, it.
- 1 Peter 2:24 Or, being dead.
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