1 Peter 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Peter 2:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Peter 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 — World English Bible
1 Peter 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 — American Standard Version
1 Peter 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
1 Peter 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Peter 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 — Darby Translation
1 Peter 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yee also as liuely stones, bee made a spirituall house, an holy Priesthoode to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 — Geneva Bible
1 Peter 2:5 in Context — 1 Peter 2
3 si vous avez goûté que le Seigneur est bon.
4 Approchez-vous de lui, pierre vivante, rejetée par les hommes, mais choisie et précieuse devant Dieu;
5 et vous-mêmes, comme des pierres vivantes, édifiez-vous pour former une maison spirituelle, un saint sacerdoce, afin d’offrir des victimes spirituelles, agréables à Dieu par Jésus-Christ.
6 Car il est dit dans l’Écriture: Voici, je mets en Sion une pierre angulaire, choisie, précieuse; et celui qui croit en elle ne sera point confus.
7 L’honneur est donc pour vous, qui croyez. Mais, pour les incrédules, La pierre qu’ont rejetée ceux qui bâtissaient Est devenue la principale de l’angle, Et une pierre d’achoppement Et un rocher de scandale;
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What Does 1 Peter 2:5 Mean?
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