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 Living Translation (NLT)And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.

Context of 1 Peter 2:5

3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 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. 6Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 7Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• livelyζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• stonesλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• are built upοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• a spiritualπνευματικόςpneumatikos · spiritualG4152
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• an holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• priesthoodἱεράτευμαhierateuma · priesthoodG2406
• to offer upἀναφέρωanapherō · to carry upG399
• sacrificesθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• acceptableεὐπρόσδεκτοςeuprosdektos · acceptableG2144
• to Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:5

• 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
• 1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
• 2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
• Ephesians 2:20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
• Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
• Revelation 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. 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 I will write on him My new name.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• Isaiah 61:6But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.
• Isaiah 66:21And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
• Revelation 1:6and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Revelation 5:10And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
• Psalms 50:14Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.
• Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Hosea 14:2Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.
• Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,” Says the Lord of hosts.

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

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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