Tree of Life Version
1 Peter 2:5
5you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.
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
3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua. 6For it says in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen, precious cornerstone. Whoever trusts in Him will never be put to shame.” 7Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One has become the chief cornerstone,”
Read all of 1 Peter 21 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 3:16Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that the Ruach Elohim dwells among you?
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Ruach ha-Kodesh who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement does God’s Temple have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God—just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Ephesians 2:20You have been built on the foundation made up of the emissaries and prophets, with Messiah Yeshua Himself being the cornerstone.
- Hebrews 3:6But Messiah, as Son, is over God’s house—and we are His house, if we hold firm to our boldness and what we are proud to hope.
- Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the Temple of My God, and he will never leave it. And on him I will write 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 own 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 praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the kohanim of Adonai, They will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations and boast in their abundance.
- Isaiah 66:21I will also take some of them as priests and for Levites,” says Adonai.
- Revelation 1:6and made us a kingdom, kohanim to His God and Father—to Him be glory and power forever! Amen!
- Revelation 5:10You have made them for our God a kingdom and kohanim, and they shall reign upon the earth.”
- Revelation 20:6How fortunate and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no authority, but they shall be kohanim of God and the Messiah, and they shall reign with Him for a thousand years.
- Psalms 50:14Offer God a sacrifice of thank offerings, then fulfill your vows to Elyon.
- Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense. May the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
- Hosea 14:2Return O Israel, to Adonai your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
- Malachi 1:11“For from sunrise to its setting My Name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My Name with a pure grain offering, for My Name will be great among the nations,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
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
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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
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