TheChosen Stone and His Chosen People. 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture
1Peter 1:10. ESV Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, NIV Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, NASB As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of theDeliveredon Sabbath Morning, January 1st, 1860, by the. REV. C.H. SPURGEON. At Exeter Hall, Strand. "But the God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."-- 1 Peter 5:10. THE APOSTLE PETER TURNS from exhortation to prayer.
1Peter 5:1. Compassionate Christian conduct, a humble Christ-like attitude, godly and gracious service, and a childlike faith that finds its strength in the Lord when faced with suffering and pain, brings Peter to the point in his epistle where he charged Church elders with new and important responsibilities, "Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as
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