Lyrics · 1 Peter
A Chosen Generation
1 Peter 2:1-25
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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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- Electronic
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About the passage
1 Peter 2: A living house in a world that rejects its cornerstone
The second chapter takes the new birth of chapter 1 and gives it appetite, architecture, public visibility, and a Shepherd. Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking do not belong beside sincere love, so Peter pictures newborn desire for pure nourishment. Christ is then the living stone rejected by people but chosen by God, and believers become living stones built around him. Their identity as a chosen generation and royal priesthood is explained by mercy, not superiority. In public life, freedom is denied the right to become a cover for wrongdoing, and the king receives honor while God receives fear. The difficult household instruction that follows still names wrongful suffering as wrongful. Christ finally stands both as the pattern of nonretaliation and as the one who bears sins, heals straying, and returns sheep to their Shepherd.
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