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The Lord is Good
Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
The Living Stone
To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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.
Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.
Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
To you therefore who believe [is] the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of [the] corner,
and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; [who] stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.
and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
But *ye* [are] a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;
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 darkness into His marvelous light;
who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Living Before the World
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Submission to Authorities
Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men —
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
Submission to Masters
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable with God.
For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.
Christ's Example of Suffering
For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
“Who committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.