1 Peter 2:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Cross References

1 Kings 7:11

And above these, there were precious stones, of equal measure, which had been cut in a manner similar to boards of cedar.

Psalm 141:2

With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.

Psalm 50:14

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.

Exodus 19:6

And you will be to me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the sons of Israel."

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built a house for herself. She has hewn seven columns.

Isaiah 61:6

But you yourselves will be called the priests of the Lord. It will be said to you, "You are the ministers of our God." You will eat from the strength of the Gentiles, and you will pride yourself on their glory.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will take from them to be priests and Levites, says the Lord.

Hosea 14:2

Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own iniquity.

Malachi 1:11

For, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place, a clean oblation is being sacrificed and offered to my name. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of hosts.

Romans 12:1

And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.

Romans 15:16

so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God's assistants. You are God's cultivation; you are God's construction.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what consensus does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God says: "I will dwell with them, and I will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Galatians 6:10

Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Deuteronomy 18:2

And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers. For the Lord himself is their inheritance, just as he said to them.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, in the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 2:17

Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:17

Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 3:15

But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of truth.

Hebrews 3:6

Yet truly, Christ is like a Son in his own house. We are that house, if we firmly retain the faithfulness and the glory of hope, even unto the end.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 4:11

When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:17

For it is time that judgment begin at the house of God. And if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who do not believe the Gospel of God?

Revelation 1:6

and who has made us into a kingdom and into priests for God and for his Father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who takes part in the First Resurrection. Over these the second death has no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him for a thousand years.

Revelation 3:12

Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

Revelation 5:10

And you have made us into a kingdom and into priests for our God, and we shall reign over the earth."