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1 Peter 1:22-2:10
New International Version
1 Peter 1:22-2:10
New International Version
22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a] 23 For you have been born again,(D) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(E) through the living and enduring word of God.(F) 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[b](G)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
2 Therefore, rid yourselves(H) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(I) of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(J) so that by it you may grow up(K) in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(L)
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(M)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(N) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(O) into a spiritual house[c](P) to be a holy priesthood,(Q) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(R) 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,(S)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”[d](T)
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(U)
8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(Y)
9 But you are a chosen people,(Z) a royal priesthood,(AA) a holy nation,(AB) God’s special possession,(AC) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(AD) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(AE) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
- 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
- 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
- 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
1 Peter 1:22-2:10
New King James Version
1 Peter 1:22-2:10
New King James Version
The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 (C)having been born again, not of [c]corruptible seed but [d]incorruptible, (D)through the word of God which lives and abides [e]forever, 24 because
(E)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [f]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 (F)But the [g]word of the Lord endures forever.”
(G)Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (H)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 (I)as newborn babes, desire the pure (J)milk of the word, that you may grow [h]thereby, 3 if indeed you have (K)tasted that the Lord is gracious.
The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People(L)
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, (M)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. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
(N)“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [i]are disobedient,
(O)“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
(P)“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
(Q)They stumble, being disobedient to the word, (R)to which they also were appointed.
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 (S)darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (T)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
- 1 Peter 1:23 perishable
- 1 Peter 1:23 imperishable
- 1 Peter 1:23 NU omits forever
- 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
- 1 Peter 1:25 spoken word
- 1 Peter 2:2 NU adds up to salvation
- 1 Peter 2:7 NU disbelieve
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