60_1PE_02_01 Wherefore laying aside all malice, And all guile, And hypocrisies, And envies, And all evil speakings,
60_1PE_02_02 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
60_1PE_02_03 if So be ye have tasted that the LORD [ Is] gracious.
60_1PE_02_04 to whom coming, [ as unto] A living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [ And] precious,
60_1PE_02_05 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.
60_1PE_02_06 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.
60_1PE_02_07 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,
60_1PE_02_08 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.
60_1PE_02_09 but ye [ are] A chosen generation, A royal priesthood, an holy nation, A peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
60_1PE_02_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.
60_1PE_02_11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [ you] as strangers And pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
60_1PE_02_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.
60_1PE_02_13 submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
60_1PE_02_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.
60_1PE_02_15 for So Is the will of God, that with Well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
60_1PE_02_16 as free, And not using [ your] liberty for A cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
60_1PE_02_17 honour all [ men]. love the brotherhood. Fear God. honour the king.
60_1PE_02_18 servants, [ be] subject to [ your] masters with all Fear; not only to the good And gentle, but also to the froward.
60_1PE_02_19 for this [ Is] thankworthy, if A man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
60_1PE_02_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.
60_1PE_02_21 for even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
60_1PE_02_22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
60_1PE_02_23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [ himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
60_1PE_02_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.
60_1PE_02_25 for ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd And bishop of your souls.