Passage -  but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming. 1 Peter 2:12 Restated in my own words - And believers might talk bad... Continue Reading →

Passage - Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you; 1 Peter 2:11 Restated in my own words - It's important not to give in to the desires of the old nature which come against you. Application to my... Continue Reading →

Scripture: Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 How this Scripture applies to my life: Before I was a foreigner, I relate to that sentiment. Sometimes it's easy to feel like I don't belong. I... Continue Reading →

Passage - also he is a stone that will make people stumble, a rock over which they will trip. They are stumbling at the Word, disobeying it — as had been planned. 1 Peter 2:8 Restated in my own words - People will have a hard time obeying the word, they will stumble and trip. Application... Continue Reading →

Passage - This is why the Tanakh says, “Look! I am laying in Tziyon a stone,a chosen and precious cornerstone;and whoever rests his trust on itwill certainly not be humiliated.” Now to you who keep trusting, he is precious. But to those who are not trusting, “The very stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone”; 1 Peter 2:6-7 Restated... Continue Reading →

Passage - As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by people but chosen by God and precious to him, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be cohanim set apart for God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to him through Yeshua the Messiah. 1 Peter 2:4-5 Restated in my own words - As you come to... Continue Reading →

Passage - For you have tasted that Adonai is good. 1 Peter 2:3 Restated in my own words - You have tasted that the Lord is good. Application to my own life - God uses all of our senses and even to the taste He is good. His word feeds my soul and only when I feast on... Continue Reading →

Passage - and be like newborn babies, thirsty for the pure milk of the Word; so that by it, you may grow up into deliverance. 1 Peter 2:2 Restated in my own words - Just as milk is a newborn baby's only source of nourishment so they hunger for it, so we should thirst for the... Continue Reading →

Passage - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, of all deceit, hypocrisy and envy, and of all the ways there are of speaking against people; 1 Peter 2:1 Restated in my own words - Don't be talking against other people, inflicting injury or harm out of meaningless, telling lies or misleading things about others, making... Continue Reading →