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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 WEB</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEB</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 border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_peter/1.htm" title="1 Peter 1">◄</a> 1 Peter 2 <a href="../1_peter/3.htm" title="1 Peter 3">►</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">World English Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Lord is Good</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:</p> <a name="4" id="4"></a><p class="hdg">The Living Stone<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/28.htm#14">Isaiah 28:14-22</a>; <a href="../1_corinthians/3.htm#10">1 Corinthians 3:10-15</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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 God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">Submission to Authorities<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/13.htm">Romans 13:1-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.</p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">Christ's Example of Suffering<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53:1-8</a>; <a href="../matthew/26.htm#57">Matthew 26:57-68</a>; <a href="../mark/14.htm#53">Mark 14:53-65</a>; <a href="../john/18.htm#19">John 18:19-24</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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