2As[G5613]newborn[G738]babes[G1025], desire[G1971] the sincere[G97]milk[G1051] of the word[G3050], that[G2443] ye may grow[G837]thereby[G1722]:
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If so be[G1512] ye have tasted[G1089]that[G3754] the Lord[G2962] is gracious[G5543].
4To[G4314]whom[G3739]coming[G4334], as unto a living[G2198]stone[G3037], disallowed[G593]indeed[G3303]of[G5259]men[G444], but[G1161]chosen[G1588]of[G3844]God[G2316], and precious[G1784],
5Ye[G846]also[G2532], as[G5613]lively[G2198]stones[G3037], are built up[G3618] a spiritual[G4152]house[G3624], an holy[G40]priesthood[G2406], to offer up[G399]spiritual[G4152]sacrifices[G2378], acceptable[G2144] to God[G2316]by[G1223]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547].
6Wherefore[G1352]also[G2532] it is contained[G4023]in[G1722] the scripture[G1124], Behold[G2400], I lay[G5087]in[G1722]Sion[G4622] a chief corner[G204]stone[G3037], elect[G1588], precious[G1784]: and[G2532] he that believeth[G4100]on[G1909]him[G846]shall[G2617] not be[G3364]confounded[G2617].
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Unto you[G5213]therefore[G3767]which[G3588]believe[G4100] he is precious[G5092]: but[G1161] unto them which[G3739] be disobedient[G544], the stone[G3037]which[G3739] the builders[G3618]disallowed[G593], the same[G3778] is made[G1096] the head[G2776] of the corner[G1137],
8And[G2532] a stone[G3037] of stumbling[G4348], and[G2532] a rock[G4073] of offence[G4625], even to them which[G3739]stumble[G4350] at the word[G3056], being disobedient[G544]: whereunto[G1519]also[G2532] they were appointed[G5087].
9But[G1161]ye[G5210] are a chosen[G1588]generation[G1085], a royal[G934]priesthood[G2406], an holy[G40]nation[G1484], a peculiar[G1519]people[G2992]; that[G3704]ye[G5210] should shew forth[G1804] the praises[G703]of[G1537] him who hath called[G2564]you[G5209] out of[G1537]darkness[G4655]into[G1519]his[G846]marvellous[G2298]light[G5457]:
10Which[G3588] in time past[G4218] were not[G3756] a people[G2992], but[G1161] are now[G3568] the people[G2992] of God[G2316]: which[G3588]had[G1653]not[G3756] obtained mercy[G1653], but[G1161]now[G3568] have obtained mercy[G1653].
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Dearly beloved[G27], I beseech[G3870] you as[G5613]strangers[G3941]and[G2532]pilgrims[G3927], abstain from[G567]fleshly[G4559]lusts[G1939], which[G3748]war[G4754]against[G2596] the soul[G5590];
12Having[G2192]your[G5216]conversation[G391]honest[G2570]among[G1722] the Gentiles[G1484]: that[G2443], whereas[G1722] they speak against[G2635]you[G5216]as[G5613]evildoers[G2555], they may[G1392]by[G1537]your[G5216]good[G2570]works[G2041], which they shall behold[G2029], glorify[G1392]God[G2316]in[G1722] the day[G2250] of visitation[G1984].
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Submit yourselves[G5293] to every[G3956]ordinance[G2937] of man[G442]for[G1223] the Lord's sake[G2962]: whether it be[G1535] to the king[G935], as[G5613]supreme[G5242];
14Or[G1535] unto governors[G2232], as[G5613] unto them that are sent[G3992]by[G1223]him[G846]for[G1519] the punishment[G1557] of evildoers[G2555], and[G1161]for[G3303] the praise[G1868] of them that do well[G17].
15For[G3754]so[G3779]is[G2076] the will[G2307] of God[G2316], that with well doing[G15] ye may put to silence[G5392] the ignorance[G56] of foolish[G878]men[G444]:
16As[G5613]free[G1658], and[G2532]not[G3361]using[G2192] your liberty[G1657]for[G5613] a cloke[G1942] of maliciousness[G2549], but[G235]as[G5613] the servants[G1401] of God[G2316].
17Honour[G5091]all[G3956] men. Love[G25] the brotherhood[G81]. Fear[G5399]God[G2316]. Honour[G5091] the king[G935].
18Servants[G3610], be subject[G5293] to your masters[G1203]with[G1722]all[G3956]fear[G5401]; not[G3756]only[G3440] to the good[G18]and[G2532]gentle[G1933], but[G235]also[G2532] to the froward[G4646].
19For[G1063]this[G5124] is thankworthy[G5485], if[G1487] a man[G5100]for[G1223]conscience[G4893] toward God[G2316]endure[G5297]grief[G3077], suffering[G3958]wrongfully[G95].
20For[G1063]what[G4169]glory[G2811] is it, if[G1487], when[G2532] ye be buffeted[G2852]for[G1063] your faults[G264], ye shall take it patiently?[G5278]but[G235]if[G1487], when[G2532] ye do well[G15], and[G2532]suffer[G3958]for[G1063] it, ye take it patiently[G5278], this[G5124] is acceptable[G5485]with[G3844]God[G2316].
21For[G1063]even[G1519]hereunto[G5124] were ye called[G2564]: because[G3754]Christ[G5547]also[G2532]suffered[G3958]for[G5228]us[G2257], leaving[G5277]us[G2254] an example[G5261], that[G2443] ye should follow[G1872]his[G846]steps[G2487]:
22Who[G3739]did[G4160]no[G3756]sin[G266], neither[G3761] was guile[G1388]found[G2147]in[G1722]his[G846]mouth[G4750]:
23Who[G3739], when he was reviled[G3058], reviled[G486]not[G3756]again[G486]; when he suffered[G3958], he threatened[G546]not[G3756]; but[G1161]committed[G3860] himself to him that judgeth[G2919]righteously[G1346]:
24Who[G3739] his own[G846]self[G846]bare[G399]our[G2257]sins[G266]in[G1722] his own[G846]body[G4983]on[G1909] the tree[G3586], that[G2443]we[G2198], being dead[G581] to sins[G266], should live[G2198] unto righteousness[G1343]: by[G3739]whose[G846]stripes[G3468] ye were healed[G2390].
25For[G1063] ye were[G2258]as[G5613]sheep[G4263] going astray[G4105]; but[G235]are[G1994]now[G3568]returned[G1994]unto[G1909] the Shepherd[G4166]and[G2532]Bishop[G1985] of your[G5216]souls[G5590].