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1 Peter 2:1-22

1PuttingἈποθέμενοιApothemenoiG659awaythereforeοὖνounG3767allwickednessG2549,andallguile,andhypocrisies,andenvies,andallevilG2549speakings,

2asnewbornbabes,longG1971forthespiritualmilkγάλαgalaG1051whichiswithout guile,thatyemaygrowαὐξηθῆτεauxēthēteG837thereby untosalvationσωτηρίαν,sōtērianG4991;

3ifyehavetastedG1089thattheLordκύριος.kuriosG2962isgracious:

4untowhomcomingG4334,alivingG2198stoneλίθονlithonG3037,rejectedἀποδεδοκιμασμένονapodedokimasmenonG593indeedμὲνmenG3303ofmenG444,butwithGodθεῷtheōG2316electG1588,preciousἔντιμον,entimonG1784,

5yealsoκαὶkaiG2532,aslivingG2198stonesG3037,arebuiltG3618upaspiritualπνευματικὸςpneumatikosG4152houseοἶκοςoikosG3624,tobeaholyἅγιονhagionG40priesthoodἱεράτευμαhi'erateumaG2406,toofferἀνενέγκαιanenegkaiG399upspiritualπνευματικὰςpneumatikasG4152sacrificesG2378,acceptableεὐπροσδέκτουςeuprosdektousG2144toGodθεῷtheōG2316throughJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ.ChristouG5547.

6Becauseitiscontainedinscriptureγραφῇ·graphēaG1124,BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,IlayinZionΣιὼνSiōnG4622achiefcornerstoneλίθονlithonG3037,electG1588,preciousἔντιμον,entimonG1784:AndhethatbelievethonhimshallnotbeputG5087toshameκαταισχυνθῇ.kataischunthēaG2617.

7ForyouthereforeοὖνounG3767thatbelieveG4100isthepreciousness:butforsuchasdisbelieve,ThestoneλίθοςlithosG3037whichthebuildersrejectedἀπεδοκίμασανapedokimasanG593,ThesamewasmadetheheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776ofthecornerγωνίαςgōniasG1137;

8and,AstoneλίθοςlithosG3037ofstumbling,andarockπέτραpetraG4073ofoffence;fortheystumbleatthewordλόγῳlogōG3056, beingdisobedientἀπειθοῦντες,apeithountesG544: whereuntoalsoG2532theywereappointedἐτέθησαν·etethēsanG5087.

9ButyeareanelectG1588raceγένοςgenosG1085,aroyalpriesthoodἱεράτευμα,hi'erateumaG2406,aholyἅγιον,hagionG40nationἔθνοςethnosG1484,apeopleλαὸςlaosG2992forGod’sownpossessionπεριποίησιν,peripoiēsinG4047,thatyemayshow forththeexcellenciesofhimwhocalledκαλέσαντοςkalesantosG2564yououtofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655intohismarvellouslightφῶς·phōsG5457:

10whointimeG4218pastwerenopeopleλαός,laosG2992,butnowG1161arethepeopleλαὸςlaosG2992ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316:whohadnotobtainedmercyἠλεημένοι,ēleēmenoiG1653,butnowG1161haveobtainedmercyἐλεηθέντες.¶eleēthentesG1653.

11BelovedἈγαπητοί,AgapētoiG27,Ibeseechyouassojournersandpilgrims,toabstainἀπέχεσθαιapechesthaiG568fromfleshlyσαρκικῶνsarkikōnG4559lustsG1939,whichwarστρατεύονταιstrateuontaiG4754againstthesoulψυχῆς·psuchēsG5590;

12havingyourbehaviorseemlyamongtheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484;that, whereintheyspeakκαταλαλοῦσινkatalalousinG2635againstyouasevil-doers,theymaybyyourgoodG2570worksG2041,whichtheybehold,glorifyδοξάσωσινdoxasōsinG1392GodθεὸνtheonG2316inthedayἡμέρᾳhēmeraG2250ofvisitationἐπισκοπῆς.¶episkopēsG1984.

13BesubjectὙποτάγητεHupotagēteG5293toeveryordinanceofmanfortheLord’ssakeδιὰdiaG1223:whethertothekingβασιλεῖbasileiG935,assupreme;

14oruntogovernorsἡγεμόσινhēgemosinG2232,assentG3992byhimforvengeanceἐκδίκησινekdikēsinG1557onevil-doersandforpraiseἔπαινονepainonG1868tothemthatdowell.

15ForsoG3779isG1510thewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,thatbywell-doing yeshouldputtosilencetheignoranceἀγνωσίαν·agnōsianG56offoolishἀφρόνωνaphronōnG878menG444:

16asfreeἐλεύθεροιeleutheroiG1658,andnotusingyourfreedomἐλευθερίαν,eleutherianG1657foracloakofwickednessG2549,butasbondservantsofGodθεοῦtheouG2316.

17Honorτιμήσατε,timēsateG5091allmen.Loveἀγαπᾶτε,agapateG25thebrotherhoodἀδελφότηταadelphotētaG81.Fearφοβεῖσθε,phobeistheG5399GodθεὸνtheonG2316.Honorτιμᾶτε.¶timateG5091thekingβασιλέαbasileaG935.

18Servants,beinsubjectionG5293toyourmastersδεσπόταις,despotaisG1203withallfearφόβῳphobōG5401;notonlyG3440tothegoodἀγαθοῖςagathoisG18andgentleἐπιεικέσιν,epieikesinG1933,butalsoG2532tothefroward.

19Forthisisacceptable,ifforconscienceσυνείδησινsuneidēsinG4893towardGodθεοῦtheouG2316amanG3778endureth griefs,sufferingπάσχωνpaschōnG3958wrongfully.

20Forwhatgloryisit,if,whenyesinG264,andarebuffetedforit, yeshalltakeitpatiently?butif,whenyedowell,andsufferπάσχοντεςpaschontesG3958forit, yeshalltakeitpatiently,thisisacceptablewithGodθεῷ.theōG2316.

21Forhereuntowereyecalledἐκλήθητε,eklēthēteG2564:becauseChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547alsoκαὶkaiG2532sufferedἔπαθενepathenG3958foryou,leavingyouanexample,thatyeshouldfollowhisstepsἴχνεσινichnesinG2487:

22whodidnosinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266,neitherwasguilefoundG2147inhismouthστόματιstomatiG4750:

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