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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Jesus Is the Living Stone</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because you have already examined and seen how good the Lord is.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Come to the Lord Jesus, the &#8220;stone&#8221; that lives. The people of the world did not want this stone, but he was the stone God chose, and he was precious. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual temple&#8212;to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices to God. He will accept those sacrifices through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Scripture says:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">Everything will be built on this important and precious rock.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">Anyone who trusts in him</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.2.6"><span class="content">will never be disappointed.&#8221;</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Isaiah 28:16</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This stone is worth much to you who believe. But to the people who do not believe,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;the stone that the builders rejected</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.2.7"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone.&#8221;</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Psalm 118:22</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Also, he is</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;a stone that causes people to stumble,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">a rock that makes them fall.&#8221;</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Isaiah 8:14</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.2.8"><span class="content">They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God&#8217;s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At one time you were not a people, but now you are God&#8217;s people. In the past you had never received mercy, but now you have received God&#8217;s mercy.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Live for God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are doing wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Yield to Every Human Authority</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For the Lord&#8217;s sake, yield to the people who have authority in this world: the king, who is the highest authority, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and the leaders who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1PE.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It is God&#8217;s desire that by doing good you should stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as servants of God. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1PE.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Show respect for all people: Love the brothers and sisters of God&#8217;s family, respect God, honor the king.</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Follow Christ&#8217;s Example</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Slaves, yield to the authority of your masters with all respect, not only those who are good and kind, but also those who are dishonest. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A person might have to suffer even when it is unfair, but if he thinks of God and can stand the pain, God is pleased. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If you are beaten for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for being patient in your punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">This is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example to follow. So you should do as he did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;He had never sinned,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.2.22"><span class="content">and he had never lied.&#8221;</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Isaiah 53:9</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1PE.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">People insulted Christ, but he did not insult them in return. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten. He let God, the One who judges rightly, take care of him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And you are healed because of his wounds. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1PE.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You were like sheep that wandered away, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.</span></span></div>
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So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation, because you have already examined and seen how good the Lord is.
Come to the Lord Jesus, the “stone” that lives. The people of the world did not want this stone, but he was the stone God chose, and he was precious. You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual temple—to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices to God. He will accept those sacrifices through Jesus Christ. The Scripture says:
“I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem.
Everything will be built on this important and precious rock.
Anyone who trusts in him
will never be disappointed.”
This stone is worth much to you who believe. But to the people who do not believe,
“the stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.”
Also, he is
“a stone that causes people to stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.
But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. At one time you were not a people, but now you are God’s people. In the past you had never received mercy, but now you have received God’s mercy.

Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul. People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are doing wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again.

For the Lord’s sake, yield to the people who have authority in this world: the king, who is the highest authority, and the leaders who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. It is God’s desire that by doing good you should stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as servants of God. Show respect for all people: Love the brothers and sisters of God’s family, respect God, honor the king.

Slaves, yield to the authority of your masters with all respect, not only those who are good and kind, but also those who are dishonest. A person might have to suffer even when it is unfair, but if he thinks of God and can stand the pain, God is pleased. If you are beaten for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for being patient in your punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased. This is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example to follow. So you should do as he did.
“He had never sinned,
and he had never lied.”
People insulted Christ, but he did not insult them in return. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten. He let God, the One who judges rightly, take care of him. Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And you are healed because of his wounds. You were like sheep that wandered away, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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