I. PETER I, 20.

A.D. about 60 and 4—64,
20. Gal. 4. 4, 5.
t. through, J. from. among.
8. so.that.
o. out_of.
a, lit, the age. ae Isa. 40. 6-
sp. spoken- wi
THE WoRD.
e. earnestly esire. p- pure, Tit. without.
15-18. Eph. 2.19-22.
z. Heb. Ziou i. inno- wise.
7. Phil. 3. 7, 8. Ps. 118.
22. Acts 4 i.
pr. or pre- ciousness.
8. IsA. 8 14. Luke 2. 34.
cellencies. 10. Hos. 1. 9, 10; 2. 23. Rom. 9. 25, 26.
Christ, as of_a_lamb without_blemish and without_spot :
2» Who verily “was_foreordained be- fore the foundation of_the_world, but “4was_manifest in these last «times for
you,
21 -Who ¢ by Him do_believe in God, that -sraised Him up / from the =dead, and -:gave Him glory ; s that your -faith and hope might_be in God.
2 “Seeing _ye _ have _ (ReneS your -souls in -obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love_of_the_ brethren, see that ye -love one_another o with a pure heart fervently :
3 =Being_born_again, not of corrupt- ible seed, but of_incorruptible, ¢ by the word of_God,+which_liveth and-abideth for « ever.
24 “FOR ALL FLESH ts AS GRASS,
AND ALL the GLORY OF_MAN AS the FLOWER OF_GRASS. THE GRASS *WITHERETH, AND THE FLOWER THEREOF *FALL- ETHLAWAY: > Bur THE sp WORD OF _’the _ Lorp ENDURETH FOR @ © VER.” And this is the spword which «by _ the_gospel_is_preached unto you.
WHEREFORE -+laying _aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocri- sies, and envies, and all evil_speakings, 2 As newborn babes, ¢ -desire the pr sin- cere milk of_the_word, that ye-may_
grow thereby: 3 If_so_be ye_have_TASTED THAT J THE
Lorp is 9 GRACIOUS.
el chosen of God, and precious, up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to_-offer_up spiritual sacrifices, accept- able to_-God ‘by Jesus Christ.
the scripture,
CORNER STONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS «
*SHALL ‘ NOT BE_CONFOUNDED.”
| 7 Unto_you therefore ~which believe 'He is preprecious: but unto_+them_
| which_be_disobedient,
“The STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS
DISALLOWED,
THE_SAME *IS_MADE the HEAD OF_
the_CORNER,” 8 And “A STONE OF_STUMBLING, AND A ROCK OF_OFFENCE,”
Even to them which stumble_at the word, being_disobedient: where-
unto also they_were_appointed, ° But pe are “A 4CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A pe PECULIAR PEOPLE ;”
That ye_*should_ shew _forth the vpraises of_Him_who ~hath_ called you out_of darkness into
His -marvellous light : 10 Which in_time_past were “Not A PEOPLE,” But are now “the PEOPLE OF_Gop:’ Which “HAD NOT OBTAINED MERCY. Burt NOW *+HAVE_OBTAINED MERCY.
4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, “disallowed indeed 4 of men, but
5 Be also, as! lively stones, are_built_ 6 Wherefore also it_is_contained in
“BEHOLD, [LAY IN 2SION A CHIEF_
AND *4+HE_THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM
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