1st Peter Chapter 2 Verse 5

1 wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: They lie in the same quarry, and are the same by nature as the rest of mankind, till dug out and separated from thence by the powerful and efficacious grace of god, when they are hewn, and made fit for the spiritual building;

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In the first three verses of the chapter these hebrew christians were treated individually, as so many babes, to grow up into an ideal freedom of soul:

1st peter chapter 2 verse 5. What do christians get their nourishment from? As a fellow elder, i appeal to you: Not by constraint the office was laborious and dangerous.

Watch over it willingly, not grudginglynot for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve god. Ye also, as lively stones. Saints likewise are compared to stones;

Through the mediation of jesus christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please god. Peter was qualified to speak because he is a fellow elder. Feed the flock do not fleece the flock.

And i, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. Peter, an apostle of jesus christ, to the strangers scattered throughout pontus, galatia, cappadocia, asia, and bithynia, 2: What's more, you are his holy priests.

2 like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the lord is good. Not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; 5:5 likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.

5:6 humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of god, that he may exalt you in due time: 3 if so be ye have tasted that the lord is gracious. Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Where both for their ornament,. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: Who is the living stone in verse 4?

What are these instructions for? Here they are treated collectively (of course, along with the gentile christians), as so many stones, incomplete and unmeaning in themselves, by arrangement and cemented union to rise into an ideal house of god. Be shepherds of gods flock that is under your care, watching over themnot because.

Elect according to the foreknowledge of god the father, through sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of jesus christ: 1 rid yourselves, then, of all spite, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and carping criticism. Peter does not distinctly say that the.

Not bossily telling others what to do, but tenderly showing them the way. 1 peter chapter 2 questions. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of christ.

And you who are younger must follow your leaders. And you are living stones that god is building into his spiritual temple. Be shepherds of gods flock that is under your care, watching over themnot because you must, but because you are willing, as god wants you to be;

Taking the oversight .discharging the office of bishops or superintendents.this is another proof that bishop and presbyter were the same order in the apostolic times, though afterwards they were made distinct. 2 care for the flock that god has entrusted to you. What were believers to lay aside in verse 1?

For god resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. I who am a fellow elder: Though peter was clearly the prominent disciple among the twelve, he claimed no special privilege or position,.

2 therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. What's more, you are his holy priests.

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