1 Peter 2
Christian Standard Bible
The Living Stone and a Holy People
2 Therefore, rid yourselves of(A) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.(B) 2 Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,[a](C) so that by it you may grow up into your salvation, 3 if you have tasted(D) that the Lord is good.[b](E) 4 As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by[c] God— 5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood[d] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(F) through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:
See, I lay a stone in Zion,(G)
a chosen and honored[e] cornerstone,(H)
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.[f](I)
7 So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,
8 and
They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined(L) for this.
9 But you are a chosen race,[i][j](M) a royal priesthood,[k](N) a holy nation,[l](O) a people for his possession,[m](P) so that you may proclaim the praises[n][o](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 exiles(T) to abstain(U) from sinful(V) desires that wage war against the soul.(W) 12 Conduct(X) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[p] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.(Y)
13 Submit(Z) to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor[q] 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 Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil,(AD) but as God’s slaves.(AE) 17 Honor everyone. Love(AF) the brothers and sisters.(AG) Fear God.(AH) Honor the emperor.
Submission of Slaves to Masters
18 Household slaves, submit to your masters(AI) with all reverence(AJ) not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel.(AK) 19 For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, 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) that you should follow(AO) in his steps. 22 He did not commit sin,(AP) and no deceit(AQ) was found in his mouth;[r](AR) 23 when he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, 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) By his wounds[s](AY) you have been healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray,[t](AZ) but you have now returned to the Shepherd(BA) and Overseer[u] of your souls.
Footnotes
- 2:2 Or desire pure spiritual milk
- 2:3 Ps 34:8
- 2:4 Or precious to
- 2:5 Or you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
- 2:6 Or precious
- 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX
- 2:7 Ps 118:22
- 2:8 Is 8:14
- 2:9 Or generation, or nation
- 2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX
- 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6
- 2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX
- 2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX
- 2:9 Or the mighty deeds
- 2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21
- 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
- 2:13 Or king
- 2:22 Is 53:9
- 2:24 Is 53:5
- 2:25 Is 53:6
- 2:25 Or Guardian
1 Pedro 2
Palabra de Dios para Todos
La piedra viva y el pueblo santo
2 Entonces, no hagan ningún mal: no digan mentiras, no sean hipócritas, no sean envidiosos ni se maldigan unos a otros. 2 Sean como bebés recién nacidos y busquen con ansias la leche espiritual pura. Así podrán crecer y ser salvos, 3 ya que han saboreado lo bueno que es el Señor.[a]
4 Acérquense al Señor Jesús, quien es la piedra viva, rechazada por los hombres, pero elegida y de mucho valor ante Dios. 5 Ustedes también son como piedras vivas que Dios utiliza para construir un templo espiritual. Ustedes sirven a Dios en ese templo como sacerdotes santos, y por medio de Jesucristo ofrecen sacrificios espirituales agradables a Dios. 6 (A)Pues así también dice la Escritura:
«Miren, pongo en Sion la piedra principal,
elegido por su mucho valor.
El que confíe en esa piedra,
no será defraudado».[b]
7 (B)Para ustedes los que creen, esa piedra les dará honra; pero en cuanto a los que no creen:
«La piedra que los constructores rechazaron
se ha convertido en la piedra principal».[c]
8 (C)Para los que no creen, esa piedra también es:
«Una piedra de tropiezo
y roca de escándalo».[d]
Tropezaron porque no obedecieron el mensaje; eso es lo que Dios tenía planeado para ellos.
9 Pero ustedes son un pueblo elegido por Dios, sacerdotes al servicio del Rey, una nación santa[e], y un pueblo que pertenece a Dios. Él los eligió para que anuncien las poderosas obras de aquel que los llamó a salir de la oscuridad para entrar en su luz maravillosa. 10 Antes, ustedes no eran ni siquiera un pueblo, pero ahora son el pueblo de Dios. Ustedes no habían recibido compasión, pero ahora han recibido la compasión de Dios.[f]
Vivan para Dios
11 Estimados hermanos, ustedes son como exiliados y refugiados en esta sociedad. Por eso les ruego que luchen para no complacer aquellos deseos humanos que van en contra de su nueva vida. 12 Ustedes viven rodeados de gente que no cree y tal vez ellos digan que ustedes hacen el mal; sin embargo, si ustedes llevan una vida honesta, ellos verán el bien que ustedes hacen y alabarán a Dios el día que él venga a juzgar a todos.
Obedezcan a las autoridades
13 Por el honor que le deben al Señor, respeten a todo ser humano: tanto al emperador, que es la máxima autoridad, 14 como a los gobernadores que son enviados por el emperador para castigar a los que hacen el mal y elogiar a los que hacen el bien. 15 Dios quiere que ustedes hagan el bien para que de esa manera los insensatos dejen de hacer acusaciones ignorantes en contra de ustedes. 16 Vivan como gente libre, pero no usen su libertad como excusa para hacer el mal. Vivan como siervos de Dios. 17 Respeten a todos y amen a los hermanos de la familia de Dios. Teman a Dios y den honor al emperador.
El ejemplo del sufrimiento de Cristo
18 Esclavos, acepten con respeto la autoridad de su amo, no importa si él es amable y bueno, o si es malo. 19 Pues Dios bendice a los que están dispuestos a sufrir y soportar dolor injustamente con tal de cumplir la voluntad de Dios. 20 Si son castigados por hacer el mal, no hay por qué felicitarlos cuando soporten el dolor, pero si hacen el bien y soportan con paciencia el sufrimiento, Dios los bendecirá. 21 Dios los llamó a soportar tal sufrimiento. Es que Cristo mismo sufrió por ustedes, y así les dejó un ejemplo a seguir para que ustedes sigan sus pasos.
23 Cuando insultaban a Cristo, él no respondía con insultos, y cuando sufría no respondía con amenazas. Él dejó todo en manos de Dios, quien siempre juzga con justicia. 24 En la cruz, Cristo cargó nuestros pecados en su propio cuerpo para apartarnos de ellos y para que vivamos como le agrada a Dios; por las heridas que él sufrió, ustedes fueron sanados. 25 Ustedes eran como ovejas perdidas, pero ahora han regresado al Pastor y Protector de sus vidas.
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.
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