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1 Peter 2:3-5
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1 Peter 2:3-5
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3 You have already tasted the goodness of the Lord.
4 The Lord Jesus is the living stone.[a] The people of the world decided that they did not want this stone. But he is the one God chose as one of great value. So come to him. 5 You also are like living stones, and God is using you to build a spiritual house.[b] You are to serve God in this house as holy priests, offering him spiritual sacrifices that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Peter 2:4 stone The most important stone in God’s spiritual temple or house (his people).
- 1 Peter 2:5 house God’s house—the place where God’s people worship him. Here, it means that believers are the spiritual building where God lives.
1 Peter 2:3-5
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1 Peter 2:3-5
New International Version
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(A)
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(B)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(C) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(D) into a spiritual house[a](E) to be a holy priesthood,(F) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
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