1st Peter Chapter 2 Verse 5

3 if so be ye have tasted that the lord is gracious. 1 simon peter, a servant and an apostle of jesus christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of god and our saviour jesus christ:

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* 4 come to him, a living stone, * rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of god, c 5 and, like living stones, let yourselves be built * into a.

1st peter chapter 2 verse 5. 5 to the elders among you, i appeal as a fellow elder. In his closing remarks, he writes to them briefly, sending them greetings from babylon and tells them to greet one another with kisses of love. Not for filthy lucre, but of.

That you care for god’s flock with all the diligence of a shepherd. They lie in the same quarry, and are the same by nature as the rest of mankind, till dug out and separated from thence by the powerful and efficacious grace of god, when they are hewn, and made fit for the spiritual building; 5 ye also, as lively stones, are built up a.

Where both for their ornament,. 3 if so be ye have tasted that the lord is gracious. 1 wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

2 therefore, rid yourselves(a)of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(b)of every kind.2 like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(c)so that by it you may grow up(d)in your salvation,3 now that you have tasted that the lord is good. In the first three verses of the chapter these hebrew christians were treated individually, as so many babes, to grow up into an ideal freedom of soul: In the last few verses of 1 peter chapter 5, peter prayed for the people and that god may establish, strengthen, and settle them with his grace.

Saints likewise are compared to stones; A 2 like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, 3 b for you have tasted that the lord is good. Peter does not distinctly say that the.

Ye also, as lively stones. 4 to whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of god, and precious,. 1 wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,.

1 peter, an apostle of jesus christ, to those who are elect exiles of a the dispersion in pontus, galatia, cappadocia, asia, and bithynia, 2 according to b the foreknowledge of god the father, c in the sanctification of the spirit, for obedience to jesus christ and d for sprinkling with his blood: All these categories fall within the notion of promoting growth. 2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:.

1 peter 5 (king james version) 2 feed the flock of god which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; Laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2.

Simon peter, a servant and apostle of jesus christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our god and savior, jesus christ: 1 * rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander; I know what it’s like to be a leader, in on christ’s sufferings as well as the coming glory.

As newborn babes, desire the pure. The god of all grace, who called you. (e) the living stone and a chosen people.

These two verses succinctly define a pastor's job as promoting growth in the flock by feeding, protecting. Here they are treated collectively (of course, along with the gentile christians), as so many stones, incomplete and unmeaning in themselves, by arrangement and cemented union to rise into an ideal house of god. ( b) of christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:

5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; This section introduces the charge to the “elders” (greek, presbuterous), a term borrowed from israel (exodus 18:21), to describe the men who ruled in the church (1 tim. … 4 for if god did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

( a) and a witness. 1 the elders which are among you i exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of god, and of jesus our lord, 3 according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath.

Peter was qualified to speak because he is a fellow elder. Though peter was clearly the prominent disciple among the twelve, he claimed no special privilege or position, such as. ( c) 2 be shepherds of god’s flock.

I who am a fellow elder: 6 if he condemned the cities of sodom and gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example. Milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have.

May e grace and f peace be. When the chief shepherd shall appear. ( d) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as god wants you to be;

The greek word translated as shepherd embraces all the things a shepherd would do for a flock of sheep such as protecting, penning, guiding, and feeding. He’ll promote you at the right time.

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