Parallel Bible results for "1 Peter 2:7-17"

1 Peter 2:7-17

Common English Bible CEB

7 So God honors you who believe. For those who refuse to believe, though, the stone the builders tossed aside has become the capstone.

8 This is a stone that makes people stumble and a rock that makes them fall. Because they refuse to believe in the word, they stumble. Indeed, this is the end to which they were appointed.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people who are God's own possession. You have become this people so that you may speak of the wonderful acts of the one who called you out of darkness into his amazing light.

10 Once you weren't a people, but now you are God's people. Once you hadn't received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Dear friends, since you are immigrants and strangers in the world, I urge that you avoid worldly desires that wage war against your lives.

12 Live honorably among the unbelievers. Today, they defame you, as if you were doing evil. But in the day when God visits to judge they will glorify him, because they have observed your honorable deeds.

13 For the sake of the Lord submit to every human institution. Do this whether it means submitting to the emperor as supreme ruler,

14 or to governors as those sent by the emperor. They are sent to punish those doing evil and to praise those doing good.

15 Submit to them because it's God's will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

16 Do this as God's slaves, and yet also as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil.

17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Have respectful fear of God. Honor the emperor.

New International Version NIV

7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

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

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.

17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.