1 Peter 2

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

So then, laying aside all malignity—even all deceit and play-actings and envies, yes all malicious speaking—

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

crave the pure spiritual ‘milk’, like newborn babies do, so that by it you may grow into salvation,

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

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is benevolent.

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

Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected indeed by men but chosen by God, precious—

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 Yeshua the Messiah.

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

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.”

That is why the Scripture contains: “Attention, I am laying in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, precious, and the one who rests his trust upon Him will absolutely not be humiliated.”

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

So then, this recompense is for you who believe, but to those who disobey, “the stone that the builders rejected is just the one that became the chief cornerstone,”

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

also “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; being disobedient to the Word, they stumble, to which, indeed, they were appointed.

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 marvellous light.

But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a private-property people, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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.

who formerly were not a people but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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

Dear ones, I urge you to abstain from the lusts of the flesh, that war against the soul,

12 having good behaviour amongst 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.

keeping your way of life among the nations praiseworthy (you being foreigners and sojourners), so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, in spite of the praiseworthy deeds they have observed, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

Therefore subordinate yourselves to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to a king, as being in authority,

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

or to governors, as being sent by him, both for punishment of evildoers and for praise of good-doers.

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

Because such is the will of God, to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good:

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

as free (not using the freedom as a cover for evil), yet as slaves of God.

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

Respect everyone; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor 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.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unscrupulous.

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

For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God someone endures grief, suffering unjustly.

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 credit is it if upon sinning and being beaten you endure patiently? But if upon doing good and suffering you endure patiently, this is commendable before God.

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

Now you have been called to this, really, because Christ also suffered in our behalf, leaving you an example that you should follow in His footsteps:

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

who did not commit sin, neither was deceit found 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.

who being reviled did not revile in return, suffering did not threaten but committed it to Him who judges righteously;

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.

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, so that we, having died to those sins, might live for the righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

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

Yes, you were like straying sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.