These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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1 Peter 2
Brit Hadashah 25 verses
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Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
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Ephesians 4:31 James 1:21 James 4:11 1 Peter 4:2 Hebrews 12:1 1 Timothy 3:11 Colossians 3:5-8 1 Corinthians 14:20 James 5:9 Psalm 34:13 1 Peter 3:10 Ephesians 4:22-25 Titus 2:3 Titus 3:3-5 1 Corinthians 3:2-3 Psalm 37:1 Luke 6:42 1 Peter 2:22 James 3:16-17 Romans 1:29 Romans 13:12-13 Matthew 7:5 Psalm 32:2 Ezekiel 18:31-32 1 Peter 4:4 Matthew 23:28 Proverbs 24:1 Proverbs 3:31 2 Corinthians 12:20 Job 36:13 1 Corinthians 5:8 1 Thessalonians 2:3 John 1:47 Isaiah 30:22 1 Samuel 18:8-9 Luke 11:44 Revelation 14:5 James 3:14 Galatians 5:21-26 1 Peter 2:16 James 4:5 1 Peter 1:18-25 - 2 Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the , that by it you may grow up to ;
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if you have had any experience of the goodness of the Lord.
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Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in Elohim’s esteem chosen and held in .
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1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22-23 Acts 4:11-12 Zechariah 4:7 Mark 12:10-11 John 14:19 2 Peter 1:4 Jeremiah 3:22 Luke 20:17-18 1 Peter 1:19 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 21:42 John 11:25-26 Isaiah 28:16 John 5:40 Isaiah 8:14-15 Matthew 12:18 John 6:57 Romans 5:10 2 Peter 1:1 John 5:26 Zechariah 3:9 Daniel 2:45 Isaiah 55:3 Daniel 2:34 Isaiah 42:1 Colossians 3:4 1 Peter 1:7 John 6:37 John 14:6 -
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And be yourselves also like living stones that are being built up into a spiritual house, to become a to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to through the .
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Ephesians 2:20-22 1 Peter 2:9 1 Corinthians 3:9 Isaiah 61:6 Philippians 4:18 Revelation 1:6 Revelation 5:10 Hebrews 3:6 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Corinthians 3:16 Revelation 20:6 Hebrews 13:15-16 1 Corinthians 6:19 Philippians 2:17 Romans 12:1 Isaiah 66:21 Psalm 141:2 1 Timothy 3:15 1 Peter 4:11 Psalm 50:23 Philippians 1:11 Romans 15:16 Malachi 1:11 Colossians 3:17 Hosea 14:2 Revelation 3:12 John 4:22-24 Psalm 50:14 -
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For it is contained in Scripture, “See, I am placing on Mount a Cornerstone, chosen, and held in , and he whose rests on Him shall never have reason to feel ashamed.”
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To you believers, therefore, that belongs; but for unbelievers—“A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone,”
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Psalm 118:22-23 1 Peter 2:8 Matthew 21:42 Acts 4:11-12 Mark 12:10-11 John 6:68-69 Titus 3:3 Luke 2:32 Colossians 2:10 Hebrews 4:11 2 Corinthians 2:16 Philippians 3:7-10 Luke 20:17 Romans 10:21 Hebrews 11:31 Romans 15:31 Acts 26:19 1 Peter 1:8 John 4:42 Matthew 13:44-46 Isaiah 28:5 Zechariah 4:7 Haggai 2:7 Song of Solomon 5:9-16 - 8 and “a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over.” Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to Elohim’s Message, and to this they were appointed.
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But you are a chosen race, a of kingly lineage, a nation, a people belonging specially to , that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
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Exodus 19:5-6 Deuteronomy 7:6 Isaiah 61:6 Revelation 1:6 Revelation 5:10 Deuteronomy 14:2 Deuteronomy 10:15 Deuteronomy 26:18-19 2 Timothy 1:9 Deuteronomy 4:20 1 Corinthians 3:17 Isaiah 66:21 Revelation 20:6 Titus 2:14 Romans 9:24 1 Peter 2:5 Acts 26:28 Acts 26:18 Isaiah 9:2 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 60:1-3 1 Peter 1:2 Psalm 106:5 Matthew 4:16 Luke 1:79 1 Peter 4:11 Isaiah 44:1 Acts 20:28 John 17:19 Philippians 3:14 Ephesians 5:8-11 Colossians 1:13 Isaiah 26:2 Matthew 5:16 Isaiah 43:20-21 Ephesians 3:21 Isaiah 42:16 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8 Psalm 22:30 Ephesians 1:6 Psalm 73:15 Philippians 2:15-16 Psalm 33:12 Ephesians 1:14 - 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of . Once you had not found , but now you have.
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Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the .
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1 John 2:15-17 1 Peter 4:2 Galatians 5:24 2 Timothy 2:22 Hebrews 11:13 Romans 8:13 James 4:1 Romans 13:13-14 Psalm 39:12 2 Corinthians 7:1 2 Corinthians 5:20 Acts 15:20 2 Corinthians 6:1 Romans 12:1 Acts 15:29 1 Peter 1:17 Genesis 47:9 1 Chronicles 29:15 Romans 7:23 1 Timothy 6:9-10 Ephesians 4:1 Galatians 5:16-21 Leviticus 25:23 Psalm 119:19 Luke 21:34 Philemon 1:9-10 Genesis 23:4 1 Peter 1:1 Psalm 119:54 -
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Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify on the day of reward and retribution.
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Matthew 5:16 1 Peter 3:16 Philippians 2:15-16 2 Corinthians 8:21 Titus 2:7-8 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Philippians 1:27 1 Timothy 4:12 Romans 13:13 Luke 19:44 1 Peter 4:14-16 1 Timothy 2:2 Matthew 5:11 Romans 12:17 James 3:13 1 Peter 4:11 Psalm 50:23 Romans 15:9 Psalm 37:14 Ephesians 4:22 2 Peter 3:11 2 Corinthians 1:12 Isaiah 10:3 Philippians 4:8 Luke 6:22 Acts 24:13 1 Peter 3:1-2 Genesis 13:7-8 Matthew 9:8 Matthew 10:25 Hebrews 13:18 Luke 1:68 Hebrews 13:5 2 Corinthians 13:7 Acts 15:14 Acts 24:5-6 Ephesians 2:3 1 Corinthians 14:25 Acts 25:7 - 13 Submit, for the Lord’s sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,
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or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.
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For it is Elohim’s will that by doing what is right you should thus silence the ignorant talk of foolish persons.
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Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, , the Emperor.
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Proverbs 24:21 Romans 13:7 Romans 12:10 1 Samuel 15:30 1 Peter 1:22 Matthew 22:21 Hebrews 13:1 Proverbs 1:7 Psalm 111:10 1 Timothy 6:1 2 Corinthians 7:1 Philippians 2:3 Zechariah 11:14 1 Chronicles 29:20 John 13:35 Exodus 20:12 Ecclesiastes 8:2 Ephesians 5:21 Leviticus 19:32 Genesis 42:18 1 Peter 5:5 Proverbs 23:17 Genesis 20:11 Genesis 22:12 - 18 Household servants, be submissive to your masters, and show them the utmost respect—not only if they are kind and thoughtful, but also if they are unreasonable.
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And it is to this you were called; because also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.
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1 John 2:6 Matthew 16:24 Acts 14:22 1 Peter 3:18 John 16:33 Romans 8:29 Matthew 11:29 1 Peter 4:1 John 13:15 Ephesians 5:2 Hebrews 2:10 1 John 3:16 Philippians 2:5 Luke 14:26-27 Matthew 10:38 2 Timothy 3:12 1 Peter 2:24 Mark 8:34-35 Luke 9:23-25 1 Peter 1:20 1 Thessalonians 4:2 Luke 24:26 Revelation 12:11 Acts 17:3 1 Thessalonians 3:3 1 Peter 3:9 Acts 9:16 Psalm 85:13 1 Corinthians 11:1 - 22 He never sinned, and no deceitful language was ever heard from His mouth.
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When He was reviled, He did not answer with reviling; when He suffered He uttered no threats, but left His wrongs in the hands of the righteous Judge.
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Hebrews 12:3 Isaiah 53:7 Luke 23:46 Psalm 37:5 2 Timothy 1:12 2 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 4:19 Psalm 10:14 Psalm 31:5 Acts 4:29 Revelation 19:11 Luke 23:34-39 Mark 14:60-61 John 19:9-11 Romans 2:5 Acts 9:1 Matthew 27:39-44 Acts 7:59 Mark 15:29-32 1 Peter 3:9 Genesis 18:25 Acts 8:32-35 Psalm 96:13 Ephesians 6:9 John 8:48-49 Psalm 7:11 Psalm 38:12-14 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Acts 17:31 Luke 22:64-65 Luke 23:9 -
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The burden of our sins He Himself carried in His own body to the Cross and bore it there, so that we, having died so far as our sins are concerned, may live righteous lives. By His wounds yours have been healed.
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Isaiah 53:4-6 Romans 6:11 Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:11 Hebrews 9:28 Romans 6:2 Galatians 3:13 James 5:16 Deuteronomy 21:22-23 2 Corinthians 6:17 Romans 7:6 Acts 5:30 1 John 3:7 Romans 6:13 Romans 6:16 Colossians 2:20 Romans 6:7 Psalm 147:3 Acts 10:39 1 John 2:29 Romans 6:22 Philippians 1:11 Hebrews 7:26 Acts 13:29 John 1:29 1 Peter 4:1-2 Revelation 22:2 Hebrews 12:13 Colossians 3:3 Acts 10:35 Luke 1:74-75 Luke 4:18 Ephesians 5:9 John 19:1 Numbers 18:22 Psalm 38:4 Matthew 27:26 Exodus 28:38 Leviticus 16:22 Malachi 4:2 Matthew 5:20 Leviticus 22:9 - 25 For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.