Bible Chapter Summary
1 Peter 2 Summary
Living Stones Built Into God's House
Peter exhorts believers to lay aside malice and guile, and like newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word to grow thereby. Coming to Christ as a living stone, rejected by men but chosen of God, believers themselves become lively stones built into a spiritual house and holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices. Called out of darkness into God's marvellous light, they are a chosen generation and royal priesthood, and must abstain from fleshly lusts, maintain good conversation among the Gentiles, submit to authorities, and follow Christ's example of suffering wrongfully without reviling.
Key themes
Key verses
1 Peter 2:5
“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.”
1 Peter 2:9
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
1 Peter 2:21
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:”
1 Peter 2:24
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
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