2:1 So
put
away
all
malice
and
all
deceit
and
hypocrisy
and
envy
and
all
slander.
2:2 Like
newborn
infants,
long
for
the
pure
spiritual
milk,
that
by
it
you
may
grow
up
into
salvation--
2:3 if
indeed
you
have
tasted
that
the
Lord
is
good.
2:4 As
you
come
to
him,
a
living
stone
rejected
by
men
but
in
the
sight
of
God
chosen
and
precious,
2:5 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.
2:6 For
it
stands
in
Scripture:
"Behold,
I
am
laying
in
Zion
a
stone,
a
cornerstone
chosen
and
precious,
and
whoever
believes
in
him
will
not
be
put
to
shame."
2:7 So
the
honor
is
for
you
who
believe,
but
for
those
who
do
not
believe,
"The
stone
that
the
builders
rejected
has
become
the
cornerstone,"
2:8 and
"A
stone
of
stumbling,
and
a
rock
of
offense."
They
stumble
because
they
disobey
the
word,
as
they
were
destined
to
do.
2:9 But
you
are
a
chosen
race,
a
royal
priesthood,
a
holy
nation,
a
people
for
his
own
possession,
that
you
may
proclaim
the
excellencies
of
him
who
called
you
out
of
darkness
into
his
marvelous
light.
2:10 Once
you
were
not
a
people,
but
now
you
are
God's
people;
once
you
had
not
received
mercy,
but
now
you
have
received
mercy.
2:11 Beloved,
I
urge
you
as
sojourners
and
exiles
to
abstain
from
the
passions
of
the
flesh,
which
wage
war
against
your
soul.
2:12 Keep
your
conduct
among
the
Gentiles
honorable,
so
that
when
they
speak
against
you
as
evildoers,
they
may
see
your
good
deeds
and
glorify
God
on
the
day
of
visitation.
2:13 Be
subject
for
the
Lord's
sake
to
every
human
institution,
whether
it
be
to
the
emperor
as
supreme,
2:14 or
to
governors
as
sent
by
him
to
punish
those
who
do
evil
and
to
praise
those
who
do
good.
2:15 For
this
is
the
will
of
God,
that
by
doing
good
you
should
put
to
silence
the
ignorance
of
foolish
people.
2:16 Live
as
people
who
are
free,
not
using
your
freedom
as
a
cover-up
for
evil,
but
living
as
servants
of
God.
2:17 Honor
everyone.
Love
the
brotherhood.
Fear
God.
Honor
the
emperor.
2:18 Servants,
be
subject
to
your
masters
with
all
respect,
not
only
to
the
good
and
gentle
but
also
to
the
unjust.
2:19 For
this
is
a
gracious
thing,
when,
mindful
of
God,
one
endures
sorrows
while
suffering
unjustly.
2:20 For
what
credit
is
it
if,
when
you
sin
and
are
beaten
for
it,
you
endure
But
if
when
you
do
good
and
suffer
for
it
you
endure,
this
is
a
gracious
thing
in
the
sight
of
God.
2:21 For
to
this
you
have
been
called,
because
Christ
also
suffered
for
you,
leaving
you
an
example,
so
that
you
might
follow
in
his
steps.
2:22 He
committed
no
sin,
neither
was
deceit
found
in
his
mouth.
2:23 When
he
was
reviled,
he
did
not
revile
in
return;
when
he
suffered,
he
did
not
threaten,
but
continued
entrusting
himself
to
him
who
judges
justly.
2:24 He
himself
bore
our
sins
in
his
body
on
the
tree,
that
we
might
die
to
sin
and
live
to
righteousness.
By
his
wounds
you
have
been
healed.
2:25 For
you
were
straying
like
sheep,
but
have
now
returned
to
the
Shepherd
and
Overseer
of
your
souls.