1 Peter verse by verse

[doc329]

1 Peter 1:21 (KJV)
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

 

[barb754]

1 Peter 1:22 (KJV)
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

 

[Glenda]

1Pe 1:23 being regenerated, not by corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the living Word of God, and remaining forever.

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

1 Peter 1:24

For, "All men are like grass , and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall.

 

[doc329]

1 Peter 1:25 (KJV)
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

 

[Glenda]

1Pe 2:2 as newborn babes desire the pure soul-nourishing milk, that you may grow by it;

 

[barb754]

1 Peter 2:3 (KJV)
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

 

[worldwatcher]

1 Peter 2:4
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

1 Peter 2:5

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

[doc329]

1 Peter 2:6 (KJV)
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

 

[Glenda]

1Pe 2:7 Then to you who believe belongs the preciousness. But to disobeying ones, He is the "Stone which those building rejected; this One became the Head of the Corner," Psa. 118:22

 

[kerrylee]

1Peter 2:8
For the untrusting it's . . . a stone to trip over, a boulder blocking the way. They trip and fall because they refuse to obey, just as predicted.

 

[4square]

1Pet 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

1 Peter 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.

 

[worldwatcher]

1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

 

[kerrylee]

1Peter 2:12
Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they'll be won over to God's side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.

 

[Glenda]

1Pe 2:13 Then be in obedience to every creation of men because of the Lord; whether to a king, as being supreme;

 

[doc329]

1 Peter 2:14 (KJV) Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

 

[barb754]

1 Peter 2:15 (KJV)
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: