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Rid
yourselves,
therefore,
of
all malice, deceit,
hypocrisy
, envy
, and slander.
Wherefore
laying
aside
all malice, and
all
guile
, and
hypocrisies
, and envies,
all
evil
speakings,
Like
newborn babies
, crave
pure
spiritual
milk, so
that by
it
you
may grow up
in
your
salvation,
As
newborn babes
, desire
the
sincere
milk of
the
word
, that ye
may grow thereby:
now
that
you
have tasted that the Lord is good
.
If
so
be
ye
have tasted that the Lord is gracious
.
As
you
come
to Him
, the
living stone, rejected
by
men but chosen and precious in
God’s
sight
,
To whom
coming
, as
unto
a
living stone, disallowed
indeed
of
men ,
but chosen of
God,
and precious,
you
also, like
living
stones, are being
built into
a spiritual house to
be
a
holy priesthood, offering
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ.
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.
For
it stands
in Scripture :
“See
, I lay in Zion
a stone, a
chosen
and
precious cornerstone;
and the
one
who
believes
in
Him will
never
be put
to
shame
. ”
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
.
To
you who
believe ,
then,
this
stone
is precious .
But to
those
who
do
not
believe
, “
The stone the builders rejected
has
become
the cornerstone
, ”
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
,
and ,
“
A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”
They
stumble because
they
disobey
the word —and
to
this
they were appointed.
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.
But you
are a chosen people
, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a people for
God’s
own
possession,
to
proclaim
the virtues
of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light .
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 ;
Once
you
were not a people, but now
you
are the people of God ;
once
you
had not received
mercy, but now you
have received
mercy.
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.
Beloved, I urge
you ,
as foreigners
and exiles
, to
abstain from the
desires
of
the
flesh
, which war against your
soul .
Dearly
beloved, I beseech
you as strangers
and pilgrims
, abstain from fleshly
lusts
, which war against the
soul ;
Conduct
yourselves
with
such
honor
among the Gentiles that, though
they slander
you as evildoers, they may see
your good deeds
and
glorify God on
the day He
visits
us
.
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
.
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s
sake to
every
human
institution,
whether to the king as the
supreme authority,
Submit yourselves to
every
ordinance
of
man
for the Lord's
sake :
whether it
be
to the king ,
as supreme ;
or to
governors as those
sent by him to
punish
those
who
do
wrong
and to
praise those
who
do right
.
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
.
For it
is God’s
will that by
doing good
you
should
silence the ignorance of foolish men .
For so
is the
will of
God,
that with
well
doing ye
may
put
to
silence the ignorance of foolish men :
Live
in
freedom
, but
do
not use
your freedom
as
a
cover-up
for evil;
live
as servants of God.
As
free
, and
not using
your liberty
for a
cloke
of
maliciousness,
but
as the
servants of God.
Treat
everyone
with
high
regard:
Love the brotherhood of
believers,
fear God ,
honor
the king.
Honour
all
men.
Love the brotherhood .
Fear God .
Honour
the king.
Servants, submit
yourselves
to your masters with all respect,
not only to those
who
are
good and gentle, but even
to those
who
are
unreasonable
.
Servants, be
subject
to your masters with all fear;
not only to the
good and gentle, but also
to the
froward
.
For if
anyone
endures
the
pain
of
unjust
suffering
because
he
is conscious
of
God, this
is
to
be
commended
.
For this
is thankworthy,
if
a
man
for
conscience
toward
God endure
grief
, suffering
wrongfully
.
How
is it to
your
credit
if you
are
beaten
for doing
wrong
and
you
endure
it? But if you
suffer for doing
good
and
you
endure
it, this is commendable
before
God.
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.
For to
this
you
were called ,
because Christ also suffered for you
, leaving you
an example, that you
should follow in
His footsteps
:
For even
hereunto
were ye
called :
because Christ also suffered for us
, leaving us
an example, that ye
should follow his steps
:
“He
committed
no sin, and
no
deceit
was found in His mouth .”
Who
did
no sin, neither
was guile
found in his mouth :
When
they
heaped
abuse
on
Him
, He did
not retaliate
; when He suffered, He made
no
threats,
but entrusted
Himself to Him who
judges
justly.
Who
, when
he was
reviled,
reviled
not again
; when he suffered, he threatened
not;
but committed
himself to him that
judgeth
righteously:
He
Himself
bore
our sins in His body on the tree, so
that we might
die
to sin
and
live to
righteousness .
“
By His
stripes you
are
healed. ”
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.
For “you
were like
sheep going astray ,”
but now you
have
returned to
the Shepherd and Overseer
of your souls.
For ye
were as
sheep going astray ;
but are
now returned unto
the Shepherd and Bishop
of your souls.
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