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|1 Pedro 2:6|
For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” [Isaiah 28:16]
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7
|1 Pedro 2:7|
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,” [Or cornerstone] [Psalm 118:22]
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8
|1 Pedro 2:8|
and, “A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” [Isaiah 8:14] They stumble because they disobey the message — which is also what they were destined for.
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9
|1 Pedro 2:9|
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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10
|1 Pedro 2:10|
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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11
|1 Pedro 2:11|
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
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12
|1 Pedro 2:12|
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
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13
|1 Pedro 2:13|
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
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14
|1 Pedro 2:14|
or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
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15
|1 Pedro 2:15|
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
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