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1 Peter 2:3-5
New English Translation
1 Peter 2:3-5
New English Translation
3 if you have experienced[a] the Lord’s kindness.[b]
A Living Stone, a Chosen People
4 So as you come to him,[c] a living stone rejected by men but[d] chosen and precious[e] in God’s sight, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer[f] spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Peter 2:3 tn Grk “have tasted that the Lord is kind.”
- 1 Peter 2:3 sn A quotation from Ps 34:8.
- 1 Peter 2:4 tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.
- 1 Peter 2:4 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.
- 1 Peter 2:4 tn Grk “chosen, precious.”
- 1 Peter 2:5 tn Grk “unto a holy priesthood to offer.”
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