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1 Peter 2 NASB 1977

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Peter 2 NASB 1977</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_peter/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_peter/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NASB77</a> > 1 Peter 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_peter/1.htm" title="1 Peter 1">&#9668;</a> 1 Peter 2 <a href="../1_peter/3.htm" title="1 Peter 3">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1977</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb/1_peter/2.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB 1995">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><b><i>As Newborn Babes</i></b><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. <p><b><i>As Living Stones</i></b><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For <i>this</i> is contained in Scripture: <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;BEHOLD I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER <i>stone</i>, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.&#8221;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>This precious value, then, is for you who believe. But for those who disbelieve, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER <i>stone,</i>&#8221;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE&#8221;;<PR>for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this <i>doom</i> they were also appointed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR <i>God&#8217;s</i> OWN POSSESSION, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may on account of your good deeds, as they observe <i>them,</i> glorify God in the day of visitation. <p><b><i>Honor Authority</i></b><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Submit yourselves for the Lord&#8217;s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><i>Act</i> as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but <i>use it</i> as bondslaves of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For this <i>finds</i> favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a man bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer <i>for it</i> you patiently endure it, this <i>finds</i> favor with God. <p><b><i>Christ Is Our Example</i></b><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting <i>Himself</i> to Him who judges righteously; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.</div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright &copy; 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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