1 Peter 2-3
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.
Wives and Husbands
3 In the same way, wives,(BB) submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word,(BC) they may be won over(BD) without a word by the way their wives live(BE) 2 when they observe your pure, reverent lives.(BF) 3 Don’t let your beauty consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes,(BG) 4 but rather what is inside the heart[v](BH)—the imperishable quality of a gentle(BI) and quiet(BJ) spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For in the past, the holy(BK) women who put their hope(BL) in God also adorned themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, 6 just as Sarah(BM) obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and do not fear any intimidation.(BN)
7 Husbands,(BO) in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner,(BP) showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Do No Evil
8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another,(BQ) and be compassionate(BR) and humble,[w] 9 not paying back evil for evil(BS) or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,(BT) since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
10 For the(BU) one who wants to love life
and to see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil(BV)
and his lips from speaking deceit,(BW)
11 and let him turn away(BX) from evil
and do what is good.
Let him seek peace(BY) and pursue it,
12 because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do what is evil.(BZ)
Undeserved Suffering
13 Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness,(CA) you are blessed. Do not fear them[x](CB) or be intimidated,[y](CC) 15 but in your hearts regard[z] Christ[aa] the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.(CD) 16 Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience,(CE) so that when you are accused,[ab] those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer(CF) for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered(CG) for sins once for all,(CH) the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God.(CI) He was put to death in the flesh[ac](CJ) but made alive by the Spirit,[ad] 19 in which[ae] he also went and made proclamation to the spirits(CK) in prison 20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(CL) while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[af](CM)—were saved through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body,(CN) but the pledge[ag] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(CO) 22 who has gone into heaven(CP) and is at the right hand of God(CQ) with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.(CR)
Notas al pie
- 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
- 3:4 Or rather, the hidden person of the heart
- 3:8 Other mss read courteous
- 3:14 Or Do not fear what they fear
- 3:14 Is 8:12
- 3:15 Or sanctify, or set apart
- 3:15 Other mss read set God
- 3:16 Other mss read when they speak against you as evildoers
- 3:18 Or by the flesh, or in the fleshly realm
- 3:18 Or in the spirit, or in the Spirit, or in the spiritual realm
- 3:19 Or by whom, or in whom, or at that time
- 3:20 Or souls
- 3:21 Or the appeal
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