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1 Peter 2 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1 - So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:2 - Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:3 - If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

As Living Stones

(Psa 118:22; Isa 28:16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:10 - In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:12 - Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

Honor Authority

(cf. Rom 13:1–5 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13 - Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:14 - And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15 - Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17 - Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
(Isa 53:7–9 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:18 - Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:19 - For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:20 - What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

Christ Is Our Example

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:21 - This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:22 - Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:23 - To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24 - He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
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1 Peter Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

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