1 Peter 2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.	1 Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
2 Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;	2 Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,
3 for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.	3 if it is true that you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
4 Come to him, to that living stone, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and precious;	4 And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God,
5 and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.	5 be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."	6 Because of this, Scripture asserts: “Behold, I am setting in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious. And whoever will have believed in him will not be confounded.”
7 To you therefore who believe, he is precious, but for those who do not believe, "The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner,"	7 Therefore, to you who believe, he is honor. But to those who do not believe, the stone which the builders have rejected, the same has been made into the head of the corner,
8 and "A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall"; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.	8 and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.	9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Once you were no people but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.	10 Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.	11 Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.
12 Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.	12 Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.
13 Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,	13 Therefore, be subject to every human creature because of God, whether it is to the king as preeminent,
14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.	14 or to leaders as having been sent from him for vindication over evildoers, it is truly for the praise of what is good.
15 For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.	15 For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men,
16 Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.	16 in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.	17 Honor everyone. Love brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing.	18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.
19 For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly.	19 For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice.
20 For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you take it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God's approval.	20 For what glory is there, if you sin and then suffer a beating? But if you do well and suffer patiently, this is grace with God.
21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.	21 For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.
22 He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips.	22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.	23 And when evil was spoken against him, he did not speak evil. When he suffered, he did not threaten. Then he handed himself over to him who judged him unjustly.
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.	24 He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.
25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.	25 For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls.