1 Peter 2

Therefore put away all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in God's sight, you yourselves, like living stones, are being built as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:
“Look, I am laying in Zion a chosen and precious cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.” So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”
They stumble as they disobey the word; to this they were also appointed. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and sojourners to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul. Keep your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, so that, though they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors as those sent by him to punish evildoers and praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as free people, not using your freedom as a cover for evil, but as slaves of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Household slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle but also to the crooked. For it is commendable if someone, because he is conscious of God, endures grief while suffering unjustly. For what credit is there if you endure beatings for sinning? But if you endure suffering for doing good, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in his footsteps. He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. When he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we might live to righteousness. By his wound you were healed. For you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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