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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
Pet 2:1-25
CHAPTER 2:
Therefore, laying
aside all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and
all evil speaking,
as newborn babes,
desire the pure milk of the word, that you
may grow thereby,
if indeed you
have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Coming to Him
as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God
and precious,
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.
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."
Therefore, to
you who believe, He is precious; but to those who
are disobedient,
"The stone which the builders rejected has
become the chief
cornerstone,"
and "A stone
of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble,
being disobedient
to the word, to which they also were
appointed.
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 are now the people of God,
who had not obtained
mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Beloved, I beg
you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts
which war against the soul,
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.
Therefore submit
yourselves to every ordinance of man for the
Lord's sake,
whether to the king as supreme,
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.
For this is the
will of God, that by doing good you may put to
silence the ignorance
of foolish men--
as free, yet
not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as
bondservants
of God.
Honor all people.
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the
king.
Servants, be submissive
to your masters with all fear, not only to
the good and
gentle, but also to the harsh.
For this is commendable,
if because of conscience toward God
one endures grief,
suffering wrongfully.
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.
For to this you
were called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an
example, that you should follow His steps:
"Who committed
no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth";
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 own body on the tree, that we,
having died to
sins, might live for righteousness-- by whose
stripes you were
healed.
For you were like
sheep going astray, but have now returned to
the Shepherd
and Overseer of your souls.
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