Therefore, putting away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
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1 Peter 2
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Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation,
if you have tasted that the Lord is good.
To whom coming, a living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious before God
καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡς λίθοι ζῶντες οἰκοδομεῖσθε οἶκος πνευματικὸς εἰς ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον, ἀνενέγκαι πνευματικὰς θυσίας εὐπροσδέκτους θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·
And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
διότι περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ· Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον ἀκρογωνιαῖον ἐκλεκτὸν ἔντιμον, καὶ ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ' αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ.
For this is contained in Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.
ὑμῖν οὖν ἡ τιμὴ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν· ἀπιστοῦσιν δὲ λίθος ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
Therefore, to you who believe, this is the honor; but to those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
καὶ λίθος προσκόμματος καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου· οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ ἀπειθοῦντες· εἰς ὃ καὶ ἐτέθησαν.
And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; those who stumble at the word, disobeying it; to which also they were appointed.
Ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς·
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
who once were not a people but now are the people of God, who were not shown mercy but now have been shown mercy.
Ἀγαπητοί, παρακαλῶ ὡς παροίκους καὶ παρεπιδήμους ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, αἵτινες στρατεύονται κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς·
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔχοντες καλήν, ἵνα, ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν, ἐκ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων ἐποπτεύοντες δοξάσωσι τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς.
Having a good conduct among the Gentiles, so that, in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.
Submit yourselves to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as one superior,
Whether to governors as those sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do good.
because this is the will of God, to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
As free, and not using the freedom as a cover for evil, but as servants of God.
Honor all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
Οἱ οἰκέται ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
Slaves, be submissive with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the harsh.
For this is grace if, because of the consciousness of God, someone endures grief while suffering unjustly.
ποῖον γὰρ κλέος εἰ ἁμαρτάνοντες καὶ κολαφιζόμενοι ὑπομενεῖτε; ἀλλ' εἰ ἀγαθοποιοῦντες καὶ πάσχοντες ὑπομενεῖτε, τοῦτο χάρις παρὰ θεῷ.
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten, you endure? But if, when you do good and suffer, you endure, this is grace from God.
εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ἐκλήθητε, ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἔπαθεν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ὑμῖν ὑπολιμπάνων ὑπογραμμὸν ἵνα ἐπακολουθήσητε τοῖς ἴχνεσιν αὐτοῦ·
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in his steps.
who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth;
Who, when reviled, did not revile in return; when suffering, did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
ὃς τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αὐτὸς ἀνήνεγκεν ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον, ἵνα ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν· οὗ τῷ μώλωπι ἰάθητε.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose wounds you were healed.
For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.