To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never ...

Peter 2 · Audio Player · The Message (MSG)

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,

But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is.

He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been.

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Our Inheritance Through Christ's Blood - Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes,

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out.

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