1 Peter 2 Verse References
Each verse below shows all confession links that cite it, including citations where the verse appears inside a larger grouped reference.
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1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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1 Peter 2:5
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.
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1 Peter 2:7
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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1 Peter 2:8
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
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1 Peter 2:14
or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
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1 Peter 2:15
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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1 Peter 2:17
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
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1 Peter 2:25
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.