1 Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
2 as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.
4 Coming to whom, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God chosen, precious,
5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 It is therefore contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious. And he who believes in him will, no, not be shamed.
7 To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner,
8 and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.
9 But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
12 Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.
13 Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,
14 or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evil-doers and praise of well-doers.
15 Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men.
16 As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.
17 Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
18 Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.
19 For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.
21 For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.
22 Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
23 Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
24 Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.
25 For ye were like sheep going astray, but now were returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
1 Wherfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and dissimulacion and envie and all backbytynge:
2 and as newe borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is with out corrupcion that ye maye growe therin.
3 If so be that ye have tasted how plesaunt the lorde is
4 to whom ye come as vnto a livynge stone disalowed of men but chosen of god and precious:
5 and ye as lyvynge stones are made a spretuall housse and an holy presthode for to offer vp spretuall sacryfice acceptable to god by Iesus Christ.
6 Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture: beholde I put in Sion an heed corner stone electe and precious: and he that beleveth on him shall not be ashamed.
7 Vnto you therfore which beleve he is precious: but vnto them which beleve not ye stone which ye bylders refused ye same is made ye heed stone in the corner
8 and a stone to stomble at and a rocke to offende them which stomble at the worde and beleve not that where on they were set.
9 But ye are a chosyn generacion a royall presthod an holy nacio and a peculiar people that ye shuld shewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys marvelous light
10 which in tyme past were not a people yet are now the people of God: which were not vnder mercye but now have obteyned mercye.
11 Derly beloved I beseche you as straugers and pilgrems abstayne from flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soule
12 and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the getyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion.
13 Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed:
14 other vnto rulars as vnto them that are sent of him for the punysshment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
16 as fre and not as havinge ye libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.
17 Honoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe. Feare god and honour the kynge.
18 Servauntes obey youre masters with all feare not only yf they be good and courteous: but also though they be frowarde.
19 For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe sufferinge wrongfully.
20 For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God.
21 For herevnto verely were ye called: for Christ also suffered for vs levinge vs an insample yt ye shuld folowe his steppes
22 which dyd no sinne nether was ther gyle founde in his mouth:
23 which when he was reviled reviled not agayne: whe he suffered he threatened not: but comitted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously
24 which his awne silfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shuld be delyvered from synne and shuld lyve in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye were healed.
25 For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto ye shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules.