Lyrics · 1 Peter
A Chosen Generation
1 Peter 2:1-25
About this song
About this song
This song belongs to the 1 Peter collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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- 1 Peter
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- 1 Peter
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- Rock & Metal
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A Chosen Generation
1 Peter · Machine Rock
[Refrain - full pulse]
Stone by stone, come to the Living Stone.
Once no people,now the people of God.
Out of the dark, into marvelous light:
tell what the Merciful One has done.
[Verse 1 - clipped]
Drop malice at the threshold.
Leave guile, envy, and borrowed faces.
Crave the pure word like a child at milk;
taste that the Lord is gracious.
Rejected by men, chosen by God,
Christ bears the corner of the house.
[Interlude - 2 bars]
[Verse 2 - longer steps]
Living stones do not float alone;
they are fitted into a spiritual house,
a priestly people bringing through Jesus
what God receives as acceptable.
Strangers still, pilgrims still,
we fight the desires that war inside
and make good conduct visible among accusers.
[Bridge - half-time]
Free, yet servants. Honor every person.
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Christ answered reviling with no reviling;
sinless, he trusted the righteous Judge,
and bore our sins in his body on the tree.
[Refrain - wider]
Stone by stone, come to the Living Stone.
By his wounds we turn toward righteousness.
Wandering sheep have found the Shepherd,
and darkness cannot name us now.
[Outro - hard stop]
Chosen to show his praises.
Built where the Cornerstone stands.

