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First Epistle of Peter, Chapter 2

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1 Peter 2 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Peter 2 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 2 of 1 Peter—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Therefore, 1putting aside all [a]malice and all deceit and [b]hypocrisy and [c]envy and all [d]2slander,
  2. 3like newborn babies, long for the [e]4pure [f]milk of the word, so that by it you may 5grow [g]in respect to salvation,
  3. if you have 6tasted [h]7the kindness of the Lord.
  4. ¶ And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been 8rejected by men, but is [i]choice and precious in the sight of God,
  5. 9you also, as living stones, [j]are being built up as a 10spiritual house for a holy 11priesthood, to 12offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  6. For this is contained in [k]Scripture:
    ¶ “13BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A 14PRECIOUS CORNER stone,
    AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN [l]HIM WILL NOT BE [m]DISAPPOINTED.”
  7. 15This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
    ¶ “16THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS 17REJECTED,
    THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone,”
  8. ¶ and,
    ¶ “18A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE”;
    19for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, 20and to this doom they were also appointed.
  9. ¶ But you are 21A CHOSEN RACE, A royal 22PRIESTHOOD, A 23HOLY NATION, 24A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you 25out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  10. 26for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.
  11. 27Beloved, 28I urge you as 29aliens and strangers to abstain from 30fleshly lusts which wage 31war against the soul.
  12. 32Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they 33slander you as evildoers, they may [n]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, 34glorify God 35in the day of [o]visitation.
  13. 36Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,
  14. or to governors as sent [p]by him 37for the punishment of evildoers and the 38praise of those who do right.
  15. For [q]39such is the will of God that by doing right you may 40silence the ignorance of foolish men.
  16. Act as 41free men, and [r]do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as 42bondslaves of God.
  17. 43Honor all people, 44love the brotherhood, 45fear God, 46honor the [s]king.
  18. 47Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and 48gentle, but also to those who are [t]unreasonable.
  19. For this finds [u]favor, if for the sake of 49conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
  20. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if 50when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds [v]favor with God.
  21. ¶ For 51you have been called for this purpose, 52since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you 53an example for you to follow in His steps,
  22. WHO 54COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH;
  23. [w]and while being 55reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;
  24. and He Himself [x]56bore our sins in His body on the [y]57cross, so that we 58might die to [z]sin and live to righteousness; for 59by His [aa]wounds you were 60healed.
  25. For you were 61continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the 62Shepherd and [ab]Guardian of your souls.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or wickedness
  2. ^ plural nouns
  3. ^ plural nouns
  4. ^ plural nouns
  5. ^ Or unadulterated
  6. ^ Or spiritual (Gr logikos) milk
  7. ^ Or up to salvation
  8. ^ Lit that the Lord is kind
  9. ^ Lit chosen; or elect
  10. ^ Or allow yourselves to be built up; or build yourselves up
  11. ^ Or a scripture
  12. ^ Or it
  13. ^ Or put to shame
  14. ^ Or as a result of
  15. ^ I.e. Christ’s coming again in judgment
  16. ^ Lit through
  17. ^ Lit so
  18. ^ Lit not having
  19. ^ Or emperor
  20. ^ Or perverse
  21. ^ Or grace
  22. ^ V 19, note 1
  23. ^ Lit who
  24. ^ Or carried...up to the cross
  25. ^ Lit wood
  26. ^ Lit sins
  27. ^ Lit wound; or welt
  28. ^ Or Bishop, Overseer

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eph 4:22, 25, 31; Jm 1:21
  2. ^ Jm 4:11
  3. ^ Mt 18:3; 19:14; Mr 10:15; Lu 18:17; 1Co 14:20
  4. ^ 1Co 3:2
  5. ^ Eph 4:15f
  6. ^ Heb 6:5
  7. ^ Ps 34:8; Ti 3:4
  8. ^ 1Pe 2:7
  9. ^ 1Co 3:9
  10. ^ Ga 6:10; 1Ti 3:15
  11. ^ Is 61:6; 66:21; 1Pe 2:9; Re 1:6
  12. ^ Ro 15:16; Heb 13:15
  13. ^ Is 28:16; Ro 9:32, 33; 10:11; 1Pe 2:8
  14. ^ Eph 2:20
  15. ^ 2Co 2:16; 1Pe 2:7, 8
  16. ^ Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42; Lu 2:34
  17. ^ 1Pe 2:4
  18. ^ Is 8:14
  19. ^ 1Co 1:23; Ga 5:11
  20. ^ Ro 9:22
  21. ^ Is 43:20f; De 10:15
  22. ^ Is 61:6; 66:21; 1Pe 2:5; Re 1:6
  23. ^ Ex 19:6; De 7:6
  24. ^ Ex 19:5; De 4:20; 14:2; Ti 2:14
  25. ^ Is 9:2; 42:16; Ac 26:18; 2Co 4:6
  26. ^ Ho 1:10; 2:23; Ro 9:25; 10:19
  27. ^ Heb 6:9; 1Pe 4:12
  28. ^ Ro 12:1
  29. ^ Le 25:23; Ps 39:12; Eph 2:19; Heb 11:13; 1Pe 1:17
  30. ^ Ro 13:14; Ga 5:16, 24
  31. ^ Jm 4:1
  32. ^ 2Co 8:21; Pp 2:15; Ti 2:8; 1Pe 2:15; 3:16
  33. ^ Ac 28:22
  34. ^ Mt 5:16; 9:8; Jn 13:31; 1Pe 4:11, 16
  35. ^ Is 10:3; Lu 19:44
  36. ^ Ro 13:1
  37. ^ Ro 13:4
  38. ^ Ro 13:3
  39. ^ 1Pe 3:17
  40. ^ 1Pe 2:12
  41. ^ Jn 8:32; Jm 1:25
  42. ^ Ro 6:22; 1Co 7:22
  43. ^ Ro 12:10; 13:7
  44. ^ 1Pe 1:22
  45. ^ Pr 24:21
  46. ^ Mt 22:21; 1Pe 2:13
  47. ^ Eph 6:5
  48. ^ Jm 3:17
  49. ^ Ro 13:5; 1Pe 3:14, 16f
  50. ^ 1Pe 3:17
  51. ^ Ac 14:22; 1Pe 3:9
  52. ^ 1Pe 3:18; 4:1, 13
  53. ^ Mt 11:29; 16:24
  54. ^ Is 53:9; 2Co 5:21
  55. ^ Is 53:7; Heb 12:3; 1Pe 3:9
  56. ^ Is 53:4, 11; 1Co 15:3; Heb 9:28
  57. ^ Ac 5:30
  58. ^ Ro 6:2, 13
  59. ^ Is 53:5
  60. ^ Heb 12:13; Jm 5:16
  61. ^ Is 53:6
  62. ^ Jn 10:11; 1Pe 5:4

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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