1 Peter 2:5
And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a house for the Spirit, to serve as a holy priesthood and to offer, through Jesus Christ, spiritual sacrifices that God gladly accepts.
Treated in 11 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 1 Pet 2: 5
…cut out for a building, are first hewn and squared. The godly are called ‘living stones.’ 1 Pet 2: 5. God first hews and polishes them by affliction, that they may be fit for the heavenly…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites 1 Pet. ii. 5
…adopted children should have right unto a place in it. It is composed of “living stones,” 1 Pet. ii. 5; — a “chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people,” verse 9…
- Holy in Christ ·
Holiness and Service cites 1 Pet. ii. 5
…forth the excellences of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.’—1 Pet. ii. 5, 9. Through the whole of Scripture we have seen that whatever God sanctifies is to be…
- Feasting at the table ·
A Body and a Building cites 1 Pet 2:5
…of God Paul joins Peter in presenting the church as a building, made of living stones (1 Pet 2:5). It is built on the foundation of both the apostles and prophets (new covenant and old…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites 1 Peter 2:5
…“Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood” (1 Peter 2:5, ASV), and later calls the church “a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9, ASV). The language…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites 1 Peter 2:5
…“ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood” (1 Peter 2:5, ASV). This does not mean every Christian has the same calling or that trained leaders…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Peter 2:5
…in the Body. Scriptures to revisit Acts 2:42; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:12-13; 1 Peter 2:5, 9; Ephesians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 10:17. Reflection 1. Does your church structure equip…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
February cites 1 Pet. ii. 5
…Alford. February 12 What means these stones? Josh. iv. 21. Ye also as living stones. 1 Pet. ii. 5. (R. V.) There should be something so remarkable, so peculiar about the life and…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Perfection cites 1 Pet. 2:5
…presented to God, then is the man of God perfect. 11. To the same effect St. Peter says, (1 Pet. 2:5, ) “Ye are a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Sanctification cites I Pet 2:5
…carried upon the wings of delight in duty. A sanctified soul worships God in the Spirit. I Pet 2:5. God judges not of our duties by their length, but by the love from which they spring. A…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 6 — Of the Primacy of the Romish See cites 1 Peter 2:5
…anything else of Peter, than Paul and Peter himself affirm of all Christians (Eph. 2:20; 1 Peter 2:5). The former describes Christ as the chief corner-stone, on whom are built all who grow…