Popular Bible Verses from 1 Peter 2

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people who are God’s own possession. You have become this people so that you may speak of the wonderful acts of the one who called you out of darkness into his amazing light.

He carried in his own body on the cross the sins we committed. He did this so that we might live in righteousness, having nothing to do with sin. By his wounds you were healed. Though you were like straying sheep, you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your lives.

Once you weren’t a people, but now you are God’s people. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Instead, like a newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the word. Nourished by it, you will grow into salvation

Dear friends, since you are immigrants and strangers in the world, I urge that you avoid worldly desires that wage war against your lives. Live honorably among the unbelievers. Today, they defame you, as if you were doing evil. But in the day when God visits to judge they will glorify him, because they have observed your honorable deeds.

You yourselves are being built like living stones into a spiritual temple. You are being made into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Therefore, get rid of all ill will and all deceit, pretense, envy, and slander.

Now you are coming to him as to a living stone. Even though this stone was rejected by humans, from God’s perspective it is chosen, valuable.

Do this as God’s slaves, and yet also as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil.

Submit to them because it’s God’s will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.