1 Peter 2

1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

Therfor putte ye awei al malice, and al gile, and feynyngis, and enuyes, and alle bacbityngis;

2 as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow,

as now borun yonge children, resonable, with out gile, coueite ye mylk, that in it ye wexe in to helthe; if netheles ye han tastid,

3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

that the Lord is swete.

4 Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

And neiye ye to hym, that is a lyuyng stoon, and repreuyd of men, but chosun of God, and onourid;

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

and ye silf as quyk stoonys be ye aboue bildid in to spiritual housis, and an hooli preesthod, to offre spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God bi Jhesu Crist.

6 Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious. He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

For which thing the scripture seith, Lo! Y schal sette in Syon the hiyeste corner stoon, chosun and preciouse; and he that schal belieue in hym, schal not be confoundid.

7 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”

Therfor onour to you that bileuen; but to men that bileuen not, the stoon whom the bilderis repreuyden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner; and the stoon of hirtyng,

8 and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

and stoon of sclaundre, to hem that offenden to the word, nethir bileuen it, in which thei ben set.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

But ye ben a chosun kyn, a kyngli preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchasing, that ye telle the vertues of hym, that clepide you fro derknessis in to his wondirful liyt.

10 In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Which sum tyme were not a puple of God, but now ye ben the puple of God; which hadden not merci, but now ye han merci.

11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

Moost dere, Y biseche you, as comelyngis and pilgrymys, to absteine you fro fleischli desiris, that fiyten ayens the soule;

12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.

and haue ye youre conuersacioun good among hethene men, that in that thing that thei bacbite of you, as of mysdoeris, thei biholden you of good werkis, and glorifie God in the dai of visitacioun.

13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,

Be ye suget to ech creature, for God; ethir to the kyng, as to hym that is hiyer in state,

14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

ethir to duykis, as to thilke that ben sent of hym to the veniaunce of mysdoers, and to the preisyng of good men.

15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

For so is the wille of God, that ye do wel, and make the vnkunnyngnesse of vnprudent men to be doumb.

16 Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

As fre men, and not as hauynge fredom the keuering of malice, but as the seruauntis of God.

17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Onoure ye alle men, loue ye brithirhod, drede ye God, onoure ye the king.

18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

Seruauntis, be ye sugetis in al drede to lordis, not oneli to good and to mylde, but also to tyrauntis.

19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

For this is grace, if for conscience of God ony man suffrith heuynessis, and suffrith vniustli.

20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

For what grace is it, if ye synnen, and ben buffatid, and suffren? But if ye don wel, and suffren pacientli, this is grace anentis God.

21 For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

For to this thing ye ben clepid. For also Crist suffride for vs, and lefte ensaumple to you, that ye folewe the steppis of hym.

22 who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

Which dide not synne, nethir gile was foundun in his mouth.

23 When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

And whanne he was cursid, he curside not; whanne he suffride, he manasside not; but he bitook hym silf to hym, that demyde hym vniustli.

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

And he hym silf bar oure synnes in his bodi on a tre, that we be deed to synnes, and lyue to riytwisnesse, bi whos wan wounde ye ben heelid.

25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

For ye weren as scheep errynge, but ye ben now turned to the schipherde, and bischop of youre soulis.