He exhorts to put away wickedness; |
showing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built. |
| Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον |
| ἐκλεκτὸν ἀκρογωνιαῖον ἔντιμον |
| καὶ ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ’ αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ. |
| 7 ὑμῖν οὖν ἡ τιμὴ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν, ἀπιστοῦσιν δὲ |
| λίθος ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, |
| οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας |
| 8 καὶ |
| λίθος προσκόμματος |
| καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου· |
| οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ ἀπειθοῦντες εἰς ὃ |
| καὶ ἐτέθησαν. |
| 9 Ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς· |
| 10 οἵ ποτε οὐ λαὸς |
| νῦν δὲ λαὸς θεοῦ |
| οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι |
| νῦν δὲ ἐλεηθέντες. |
He beseeches them also to abstain from sinful desires; |
to be obedient to authorities; |
and teaches servants how to obey their masters; |
patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ. |
| 22 ὃς ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν |
| οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, |