1 Peter 1:13-2:10

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Be Holy

¹³Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,^(A) set your hope^(B) on the grace to be brought to you^(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.^(D) ¹⁴As obedient^(E) children, do not conform^(F) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.^(G) ¹⁵But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;^(H) ¹⁶for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”^[a]^(I)

¹⁷Since you call on a Father^(J) who judges each person’s work^(K) impartially,^(L) live out your time as foreigners^(M) here in reverent fear.^(N) ¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(O) from the empty way of life^(P) handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹but with the precious blood^(Q) of Christ, a lamb^(R) without blemish or defect.^(S) ²⁰He was chosen before the creation of the world,^(T) but was revealed in these last times^(U) for your sake. ²¹Through him you believe in God,^(V) who raised him from the dead^(W) and glorified him,^(X) and so your faith and hope^(Y) are in God.

²²Now that you have purified^(Z) yourselves by obeying^(AA) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(AB) from the heart.^[b] ²³For you have been born again,^(AC) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(AD) through the living and enduring word of God.^(AE) ²⁴For,

“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever.”^[c]^(AF)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2 Therefore, rid yourselves^(AG) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander^(AH) of every kind. ²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^(AI) so that by it you may grow up^(AJ) in your salvation, ³now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(AK)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(AL)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(AM) and precious to him— ⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^(AN) into a spiritual house^[d]^(AO) to be a holy priesthood,^(AP) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(AQ) ⁶For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(AR)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”^[e]^(AS)

⁷Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,^(AT)

“The stone the builders rejected^(AU)
has become the cornerstone,”^[f]^(AV)

⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”^[g]^(AW)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(AX)

⁹But you are a chosen people,^(AY) a royal priesthood,^(AZ) a holy nation,^(BA) God’s special possession,^(BB) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(BC) ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(BD) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Footnotes

1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

Psalm 98

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Psalm 98

A psalm.

¹Sing to the Lord^(A) a new song,^(B)
    for he has done marvelous things;^(C)
his right hand^(D) and his holy arm^(E)
    have worked salvation^(F) for him.
²The Lord has made his salvation known^(G)
    and revealed his righteousness^(H) to the nations.^(I)
³He has remembered^(J) his love
    and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth^(K) have seen
    the salvation of our God.^(L)

⁴Shout for joy^(M) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
⁵make music to the Lord with the harp,^(N)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,^(O)
⁶with trumpets^(P) and the blast of the ram’s horn^(Q)—
    shout for joy^(R) before the Lord, the King.^(S)

⁷Let the sea^(T) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.^(U)
⁸Let the rivers clap their hands,^(V)
    let the mountains^(W) sing together for joy;
⁹let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.^(X)