{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/1-peter/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:57:56.285Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"1 Peter","bookSlug":"1-peter","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"if so be ye did taste that the Lord is gracious,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"to whom coming — a living stone — by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: 'Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"to you, then, who are believing is the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence — who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, — to which also they were set;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"for this is gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"for what renown is it, if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure it? but if, doing good and suffering for it, ye do endure, this is gracious with God,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"who being reviled — was not reviling again, suffering — was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Peter 2 (YLT)","markdown":"[1 Peter 2](https://primebible.com/ylt/1-peter/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/1-peter/2 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}