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 →

For all humanity is like grass,all its glory is like a wildflower —the grass withers, and the flower falls off;but the Word of Adonai lasts forever. Moreover, this Word is the Good News which has been proclaimed to you. 1 Peter 1:24-25 Restated in my own words - Things in this world quickly fade away but the Word of... Continue Reading →

Passage - Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have a sincere love for your brothers, love each other deeply, with all your heart. 1 Peter 1:22 Restated in my own words - Love each other in Christian faith with your whole heart, sincerely because you have been purified... Continue Reading →

Passage - Through him you trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; so that your trust and hope are in God. 1 Peter 1:21 Restated in my own words - My trust and hope in God are through Jesus who was raised from the dead and given glory. Application... Continue Reading →

Passage - God knew him before the founding of the universe, but revealed him in the acharit-hayamim for your sakes. 1 Peter 1:20 Restated in my own words - God knew Jesus before the creation of the world. He chose when to reveal Jesus to us. Application in my own life - Jesus has no beginning or... Continue Reading →