1 Peter 2:5

1 Peter 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Context of 1 Peter 2:5

3if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. 4And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.” 7This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers, “A stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone,”

1 Peter 2:5 word by word

καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡς λίθοι ζῶντες οἰκοδομεῖσθε οἶκος πνευματικὸς εἰς ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον ἀνενέγκαι πνευματικὰς θυσίας εὐπροσδέκτους θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.Read the interlinear

• you alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• as livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• stonesλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• are being builtἐποικοδομέωepoikodomeō · to build up/uponG2026
• spiritualπνευματικόςpneumatikos · spiritualG4152
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• for a holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• priesthoodἱεράτευμαhierateuma · priesthoodG2406
• offerἀναφέρωanapherō · to carry upG399
• sacrificesθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• that are acceptableεὐπρόσδεκτοςeuprosdektos · acceptableG2144
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:5

• 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
• 1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
• 2 Corinthians 6:16Or what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• Ephesians 2:20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone,
• Hebrews 3:6but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the boast of our hope.
• Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And you will boast in their riches.
• Isaiah 66:21I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
• Revelation 1:6and He made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Revelation 5:10You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
• Psalms 50:14Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
• Psalms 141:2May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The raising of my hands as the evening offering.
• Hosea 14:2Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all guilt And receive us graciously, So that we may present the fruit of our lips.
• Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations, and in every place frankincense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of armies.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Ye also, as lively stones - · Living stones; each being instinct with the principle of life, which proceeds from him who is the foundation, called above , a living stone. The metaphor in this and the following verse is as bold as it is singular; and commentators and critics have found it difficult to hit on any principle of explanation. In all metaphors there is something in the natural image that is illustrative of some chief moral property in the thing…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Ye also, as lively stones - Greek, “living stones.” The word should have been so rendered. The word lively with us now has a different meaning from living, and denotes “active, quick, sprightly.” The Greek word is the same as that used in the previous verse, and rendered living. The meaning is, that the materials of which the temple here referred to was composed, were living materials throughout. The foundation is a living foundation, and all the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God's people form the spiritual house or temple where God lives (1 Corinthians 3:16). Jesus compared his body to a "temple" (John 2:19–22). The church is called "the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). God no longer reveals himself in one place but in and among the people who belong to him and praise his goodness (see 1 Peter 2:10). As God’s holy priests in the new covenant, Christians offer not animal sacrifices but spiritual sacrifices such as praising…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Ye also, as lively stones--partaking of the name and life which is in "THE Living Stone" (1Pe 2:4; 1Co 3:11). Many names which belong to Christ in the singular are assigned to Christians in the plural. He is "THE Son," "High Priest," "King," "Lamb"; they, "sons," "priests," "kings," "sheep," "lambs." So the Shulamite called from Solomon [Bengel]. are built up--Greek, "are being built up," as in Ep 2:22. Not as Alford, "Be ye built up." Peter grounds…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:5

• Church
• Holiness
• Intercession
• Jesus Continued
• Righteous
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Jesus Christ
• Spiritual House
• Bishop
• Chosen

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings