1 Peter 2 (NET)

1 Peter 2:1¹So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:31Jas 1:21Jas 4:111 Pet 3:10Col 3:5-8Titus 3:3-5Eph 4:22-251 Pet 4:41 Tim 3:111 Cor 3:2-3

1 Peter 2:2²And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 5:12-13Eph 4:152 Pet 3:181 Cor 3:1-2Mark 10:151 Cor 14:20Matt 18:3Prov 4:18Hos 6:3Job 17:9

1 Peter 2:3³if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 34:8Heb 6:5-6Ps 63:5Ps 24:8Zech 9:17Ps 9:10Song 2:3

1 Peter 2:4⁴So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 118:22-23Acts 4:11-121 Pet 2:7Isa 28:16Luke 20:17-18Mark 12:10-11Zech 3:9Dan 2:34Isa 42:1John 11:25-26

1 Peter 2:5⁵you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:20-221 Pet 2:91 Cor 3:9Rev 5:101 Cor 3:16Isa 61:6Heb 13:15-16Heb 3:6Rev 20:61 Cor 6:19

1 Peter 2:6⁶For it says in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:16Rom 9:32-331 Pet 2:4Eph 2:20Zech 10:4Rom 10:11Mark 12:10Isa 50:7Isa 42:1John 7:38

1 Peter 2:7⁷So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 118:22-23Acts 4:11-12Mark 12:10-11Matt 21:421 Pet 2:81 Pet 1:82 Cor 2:16Acts 26:19Col 2:10Heb 11:31

1 Peter 2:8⁸and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 8:141 Cor 1:231 Pet 2:7Rom 9:32-33Rom 9:22Jude 1:41 Thess 5:92 Pet 2:3Luke 2:342 Cor 2:16

1 Peter 2:9⁹But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:5-6Deut 7:6Rev 1:6Rev 5:10Isa 61:62 Tim 1:9Deut 26:18-19Deut 14:2Eph 5:8-111 Pet 2:5

1 Peter 2:10¹⁰You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 2:23Hos 1:9-10Rom 9:25-26Heb 4:16Rom 11:6-71 Tim 1:13Rom 10:191 Cor 7:25Rom 11:30

1 Peter 2:11¹¹Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:15-17Gal 5:241 Pet 4:2Heb 11:13Rom 8:131 Chr 29:15Jas 4:1Rom 12:12 Cor 7:12 Tim 2:22

1 Peter 2:12¹²and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:16Matt 5:16Titus 2:7-8Phil 2:15-162 Cor 8:211 Thess 4:121 Tim 4:12Jas 3:13Phil 1:271 Pet 4:14-16

1 Peter 2:13¹³Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supremeCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 3:1Rom 13:1-71 Tim 2:1-2Luke 20:25Prov 24:21Jer 29:7Mark 12:17Matt 22:21Eph 5:212 Pet 2:10

1 Peter 2:14¹⁴or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 13:3-4

1 Peter 2:15¹⁵For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:17Titus 2:81 Pet 2:12Matt 7:261 Thess 5:181 Thess 4:3Jer 4:222 Pet 2:12Eph 6:6-7Job 2:10

1 Peter 2:16¹⁶Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:13Rom 6:221 Cor 7:22Rom 6:18Gal 5:1Jas 1:25Eph 6:6Jas 2:12John 8:32-362 Pet 2:19

1 Peter 2:17¹⁷Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:21Rom 12:10Rom 13:71 Pet 5:5Phil 2:3Heb 13:11 Pet 1:22Exod 20:121 Tim 6:12 Cor 7:1

1 Peter 2:18¹⁸Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 2:9-10Col 3:22-25Eph 6:5-71 Tim 6:1-3Prov 3:32Gal 5:22Jas 3:17Prov 8:13Ps 101:42 Cor 10:1

1 Peter 2:19¹⁹For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:10-121 Pet 2:201 Pet 3:14-171 Cor 15:10Luke 6:32John 15:21Rom 13:52 Cor 1:122 Cor 8:12 Tim 1:12

1 Peter 2:20²⁰For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:191 Pet 3:17Matt 5:10-121 Pet 3:141 Pet 4:14-16Luke 6:32Eph 5:10Matt 5:47Matt 26:671 Cor 4:11

1 Peter 2:21²¹For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:6Matt 16:24John 13:15Eph 5:21 John 3:161 Cor 11:11 Pet 2:241 Pet 4:1Phil 2:5Matt 11:29

1 Peter 2:22²²He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:9Heb 4:152 Cor 5:211 John 3:51 John 2:1Heb 7:26-27Rev 14:5Heb 9:28Luke 23:41John 1:47

1 Peter 2:23²³When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:71 Pet 4:19Heb 12:3Ps 37:5Acts 4:291 Pet 3:92 Tim 1:12Acts 8:32-352 Tim 4:8Ps 31:5

1 Peter 2:24²⁴He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:4-6Matt 8:17Rom 6:11Rev 22:21 John 2:29Jas 5:16Heb 9:28Gal 3:13Isa 53:11Rom 6:2

1 Peter 2:25²⁵For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:6Ezek 34:6Luke 15:4-6Acts 20:28John 10:11-16Isa 40:11Ps 119:176Ezek 34:11-16Matt 9:36Ezek 34:23-24