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<!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 NIV</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" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_peter/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Living Stone and a Chosen People</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or into a temple of the Spirit">a</a></sup></span> to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For in Scripture it says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“See, I lay a stone in Zion,</p><p class="line2">a chosen and precious cornerstone,</p><p class="line1">and the one who trusts in him</p><p class="line2">will never be put to shame.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 28:16">b</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“The stone the builders rejected</p><p class="line2">has become the cornerstone,” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Psalm 118:22">c</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“A stone that causes people to stumble</p><p class="line2">and a rock that makes them fall.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 8:14">d</a></sup></span> </p></div><p class="pcontinued">They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“He committed no sin,</p><p class="line2">and no deceit was found in his mouth.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 53:9">e</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For “you were like sheep going astray,” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)">f</a></sup></span> but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>into a temple of the Spirit</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 28:16</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Psalm 118:22</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 8:14</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 53:9</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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