For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 1 Peter 2:15 Peter

Or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 1 Peter 2:14 Peter reminds

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme. 1 Peter 2:13 Peter’s command immediately challenges

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11 Peter

Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of

And “A stone of stumbling,     and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 1 Peter

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,     a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him

For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,     a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not