Primeira Epístola de São Pedro 2

¹ Deponde, pois, toda malícia, toda astúcia, fingimentos, invejas e toda espécie de maledicência.

² as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

³ if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord {is} good.

⁴ 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.

⁵ Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

⁶ To you therefore who believe {is} the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of {the} corner,

⁷ and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; {who} stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.

⁸ But *ye* {are} a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

⁹ who once {were} not a people, but now God?s people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

¹⁰ Beloved, I exhort {you}, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹¹ having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that {as to that} in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through {your} good works, {themselves} witnessing {them}, glorify God in {the} day of visitation.

¹² or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.

¹³ Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

¹⁴ as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God?s bondmen.

¹⁵ Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.

¹⁶ Servants, {be} subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

¹⁷ For this {is} acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

¹⁸ For what glory {is it}, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear {it}? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear {it}, this is acceptable with God.

¹⁹ For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

²⁰ who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

²¹ who, {when} reviled, reviled not again; {when} suffering, threatened not; but gave {himself} over into the hands of him who judges righteously;

²² who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.

²³ For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.