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    1 Peter · 25 verses

    1 Peter 2

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    An unreasonable master gets a starring role in a chapter otherwise occupied with stones, kings, and sheep.

    Living stones and a people made newvv. 1–10

    The chapter begins by sweeping away malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander, then reaches for the image of newborn babies craving milk. The Lord is tasted as good; Christ appears as the living stone, rejected by men yet chosen and precious in God’s sight. Those who come to him are themselves living stones, built into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood. The rejected stone becomes the cornerstone, while for others it becomes a stumbling stone and a rock of offense. A people once not a people now belong to God, having received mercy and been called from darkness into marvelous light.

    Freedom under kings and mastersvv. 11–20

    The new people are called foreigners and exiles, with the desires of the flesh described as warring against the soul. They are to live honourably among Gentiles, submit to the king and governors, and somehow hold freedom together with being servants of God. The chapter then narrows its gaze to servants and masters: respect is owed not only to the good and gentle, but also to the unreasonable. Suffering for wrongdoing earns no credit; suffering for doing good and enduring it is commendable before God.

    The footsteps of Christvv. 21–25

    The argument arrives at Christ, who suffered without sin or deceit. Abuse met no retaliation, suffering met no threats, and he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. He bore sins in his body on the tree so that others might die to sin and live to righteousness. The wandering sheep have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls—a remarkably pastoral ending after the chapter’s kings, governors, and unreasonable masters.

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    1. 1 Pet 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

    2. 1 Pet 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

    3. 1 Pet 2:3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

    4. 1 Pet 2:4As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

    5. 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    6. 1 Pet 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

    7. 1 Pet 2:7To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

    8. 1 Pet 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

    9. 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    10. 1 Pet 2:10Once 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.

    11. 1 Pet 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

    12. 1 Pet 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

    13. 1 Pet 2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

    14. 1 Pet 2:14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

    15. 1 Pet 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

    16. 1 Pet 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

    17. 1 Pet 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

    18. 1 Pet 2:18Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

    19. 1 Pet 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

    20. 1 Pet 2:20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

    21. 1 Pet 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

    22. 1 Pet 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

    23. 1 Pet 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

    24. 1 Pet 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

    25. 1 Pet 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 561 passages were voted onto 25 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 9Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
    • 9Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
    • 24Isaiah 53:4–6Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
    • 9Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
    • 25Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
    • 9Revelation 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
    • 9Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
    • 24Matthew 8:17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
    • 92 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
    • 9Deuteronomy 26:18–19And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
    • 25Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
    • 6Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
    • 25Luke 15:4–6“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
    • 25Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
    • 9Ephesians 5:8–11For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
    • 25John 10:11–16I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

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