1 T herefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

¶ Having therefore left all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all murmurings,

2 l ike newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;

3 i f you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. As Living Stones

if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is benevolent;

4 A nd coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,

¶ coming unto whom (is the living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious),

5 y ou also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God by Jesus, the Christ.

6 F or this is contained in Scripture: “ Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

Therefore, also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion the chief corner stone, chosen, precious; and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.

7 T his precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “ The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,”

Unto you, therefore, who believe he is precious; but unto those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

8 a nd, “ A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense ”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, even to those who stumble at the word, not obeying in that for which they were ordained.

9 B ut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

10 f or you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Ye who in the time past were not a people, but are now the people of God, who in the time past had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 B eloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul

12 K eep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. Honor Authority

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 S ubmit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

¶ Therefore, be subject to every human ordinance that is of the Lord, whether it be to a king or to a superior,

14 o r to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.

and unto governors as unto those that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those that do well.

15 F or such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.

For this is the will of God, that in well doing ye may silence the ignorance of vain men,

16 A ct as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

as being free, yet not using your liberty to cover maliciousness, but as slaves of God.

17 H onor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

18 S ervants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and humane, but also to the unjust.

19 F or this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

For this is due to grace, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

20 F or what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. Christ Is Our Example

For what glory is it if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is due to grace from God.

21 F or you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

22 w ho committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth,

23 a nd while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

who, when he was cursed, did not return the curse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously;

24 a nd He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.

25 F or you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

For ye were as sheep that had gone astray, but are now converted unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.