I PETRUS 2

1  tLÊ dan af alle boosheid en talle bedrog en geveinsdheid en afguns en alle tkwaadpratery;

2 en verlang sterk soos tpasgebore kindertjies na die onvervalste tmelk van die woord, dat julle daardeur kan opgroei,

3 as julle ten minste tgesmaak het dat die Here tgoedertieren is.

4 Kom na Hom toe, die lewende steen wat tdeur die mense wel verwerp is, maar by God uitverkore en kosbaar is;

5 en laat julle ook soos lewende stene opbou, tot t’n geestelike huis, t’n heilige priesterdom, tom geestelike offers te bring wat taan God welgevallig is deur Jesus Christus.

6 Daarom staan dit ook in die Skrif: tKyk, Ek lê in Sion ’n uitverkore en kosbare hoeksteen, en tdie wat in Hom glo, sal nooit beskaam word nie.

7 Vir julle dan wat glo, is Hy kosbaar; maar vir die ongelowiges geld die woord: tDie steen wat die bouers verwerp het, dit het ’n hoeksteen geword; en: t’n Steen van aanstoot en ’n rots van struikeling —

8  vir dié wat hulle daarteen stamp, omdat hulle aan die woord ongehoorsaam is, twaarvoor hulle ook bestem is.

9 Maar julle is t’n uitverkore geslag, ’n tkoninklike priesterdom, t’n heilige volk, ’n volk as eiendom verkry, om te verkondig die deugde van Hom wat julle tuit die duisternis geroep het tot sy wonderbare lig,

10 julle twat vroeër geen volk was nie, maar nou die volk van God is; aan wie toe geen barmhartigheid bewys is nie, maar nou bewys is.

Die eerbare lewenswandel onder die heidene. Onderwerping aan die owerheid.

11 GELIEFDES, ek vermaan julle as bywoners en vreemdelinge om julle te onthou van vleeslike begeertes twat stryd voer teen die siel;

12 en thou julle tlewenswandel onder die heidene skoon, sodat as hulle van julle kwaad spreek soos van tkwaaddoeners, hulle top grond van Mt. 5:16die goeie werke wat hulle aanskou, God kan verheerlik in die dag van tbesoeking.

13  tWees dan onderdanig aan elke menslike verordening ter wille van die Here — of dit die koning is as opperheer,

14 of die goewerneurs as sy gesante, tom wel kwaaddoeners te straf, maar die wat goed doen, te prys.

15 Want so is tdit die wil van God dat julle deur goed te doen die onkunde van die dwase mense tot swye sal bring,

16  tas vrymense en nie asof julle die vryheid het as ’n dekmantel vir die boosheid nie, maar as tdiensknegte van God.

17 Julle moet almal eer, die broederskap liefhê, God vrees, die koning eer.

Pligte van Christelike diensknegte.

18 DIENSKNEGTE, twees julle here onderdanig met alle vrees, nie alleen aan die wat goed en vriendelik is nie, maar ook aan die wat verkeerd is.

19 Want dit is genade tas iemand, tter wille van die gewete voor God, leed verdra deur onregverdig te ly.

20 Want watter roem is daar as julle verdra wanneer julle sonde doen en geslaan word? tMaar as julle verdra wanneer julle goed doen en ly — dit is genade by God.

21 Want thiertoe is julle geroep, omdat tChristus ook vir julle gely het en julle ’n voorbeeld nagelaat het, sodat julle sy voetstappe kan navolg;

22  tHy wat geen sonde gedoen het nie, en in wie se mond geen bedrog gevind is nie;

23  twat, toe Hy uitgeskel is, nie terug uitgeskel het nie; toe Hy gely het, nie gedreig het nie, maar dit oorgegee het aan Hom wat regverdig oordeel;

24  twat self ons sondes in sy liggaam op die kruishout gedra het, tsodat ons die sondes kan afsterwe en vir die geregtigheid lewe; tdeur wie se wonde julle genees is.
25 Want tjulle was soos dwalende skape, maar nou het julle teruggekeer tna die Herder en Opsiener van julle siele.

1 Peter 2

1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.5 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.

6 Because it is contained in Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious:
He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”t

7 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected,
has become the chief cornerstone,”t

8 and,

“a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”t
For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:10 who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving yout an example, that you should follow his steps,22 who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”t23 Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseert of your souls.