22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for ba sincere brotherly love, clove one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23dsince you have been born again, enot of perishable seed but of imperishable, through fthe living and abiding word of God; 24for
g“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
25hbut the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word iis the good news that was preached to you.
A Study in 1 Peter, Volume 1
Standing Firm in Shaky Times 1 Peter 1:1–2:10 Series • ID: 16001
A Living Stone and a Holy People
1jSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2kLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual lmilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3if indeed you have mtasted that the Lord is good.
4As you come to him, a living stone nrejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5oyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as pa spiritual house, to be qa holy priesthood, rto offer spiritual sacrifices sacceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For it stands in Scripture:
t“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
uand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
The Precious Cornerstone
1 Peter 2:4–10 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 38:42 • ID: 1466
A Study in 1 Peter, Volume 1
Standing Firm in Shaky Times 1 Peter 1:1–2:10 Series • ID: 16001Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.