| Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. | Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation. |
| But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. |
| Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. | As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil. |
| For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. | For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. |
| He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. | He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. |
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Who is this King of glory?The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory! Selah