1 Peter 2:5
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Coming to whom, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God chosen, precious,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:2And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers. LORD is their inheritance as he has spoken to them.
Psalms 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the Most High.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Isaiah 66:21And of them also I will take for priests [and] for Levites, says LORD.
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name [is] great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense [is] offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the Gentiles, says LORD
Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:5-13
The Living Stone; Cautions against Sensuality. ( a. d. 66.) 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 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. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is… Read the whole commentary →