- 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, 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.
- 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 should follow in his steps.
- 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.
This God—his way is perfect;
the promise of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.Next verse!With image