1 Peter 2:5 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

WEB

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

YLT

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

DBT

yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable toGod by Jesus Christ.

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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Tabernacle of MosesSpiritual house, holy priesthood — priesthood continuity.

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97 verses on the floor

Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ephesians 2:20–22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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The synagogue (where reading of Scripture and prayer constituted the worship) was the model of the Christian house of worship (compare Note, see on Jas 2:2, Greek, "synagogue"; Our sacrifices are those of prayer, praise, and self-denying services in the cause of Christ (1Pe 2:9, end). by Jesus Christ--as our mediating High Priest before God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Particular directions are given how subjects ought to obey the magistrates, and servants their masters, patiently suffering in well doing, in imitation of Christ,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Are built up - In union with each other. A spiritual house - Being spiritual yourselves, and an habitation of God through the Spirit. An holy priesthood - Consecrated to God, and "holy as he is holy." To offer up - Your souls and bodies, with all your thoughts, words, and actions, as spiritual sacrifices to God.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1PE 2:51PE 2:9 REV 1:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1PE 2:51PE 2:9 EXO 19:5-6
1PE 2:51PE 2:9 DEU 7:6
1PE 2:51CO 3:16 1CO 6:19
1PE 2:51PE 2:9 REV 5:10
1PE 2:51CO 3:16 EZE 36:27
1PE 2:51PE 2:9 ISA 61:6
1PE 2:51CO 3:16 2CO 6:16

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