1 Peter 2:5

Free Bible Version

you also become like living stones, being built into a spiritual house. You are a holy priesthood that offers spiritual sacrifices that God welcomes through Jesus Christ.

Cross References

1 Kings 7:11

On these were placed top-quality stones, cut to size, along with cedar timber.

Psalm 141:2

May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.

Psalm 50:14

Give an offering of thanks to God; keep the promises you made to the Most High,

Psalm 50:23

But those who give an offering of thanks honor me, and to those who follow the right I will show them the salvation of God.”

Exodus 19:6

for me you will be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.’ This is what you are to tell the Israelites.”

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.

Isaiah 61:6

You will be called priests of the Lord, identified as ministers of our God. You will enjoy the wealth of nations and be proud that you have it.

Isaiah 66:21

I will choose some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.

Hosea 14:2

Take words like these with you and come back to the Lord, saying to him, “Please take away all our guilt, accept what is good, and we will repay you with praise from our lips.

Malachi 1:11

I am honored by nations from the farthest east to the distant west; everywhere people make offerings to me of incense and pure sacrifices. I am honored among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.

Romans 12:1

So I encourage you, my brothers and sisters, because of God's compassion for you, to dedicate your bodies as a living offering that is holy and pleasing to God. This is the logical way to worship.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the foreigners, like a priest sharing God's good news, so that they could become an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don't you know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are workers together with God—and you are God's field, his building.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that is within you, that you received from God?

2 Corinthians 6:16

What compromise could the Temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Galatians 6:10

So while we have time, let's do good to everyone—especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

Deuteronomy 18:2

While they don't own land among the other tribes, the Lord takes care of them, as he promised.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of living right that come through Jesus Christ and give glory and praise to God.

Philippians 2:17

So even if I pour out my life as a sacrifice and offering so you may trust in God, I'm happy for it, and I'm glad together with all of you,

Philippians 4:18

For I have everything, more than I need! I'm thankful to receive from Epaphroditus the things you sent. They're like a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God and that he approves of.

Colossians 3:17

Whatever you do, whether in word or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, praising God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 3:15

if I'm delayed you'll know how people should behave themselves in God's house. This is the church of the living God, the support pillar and foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is a son, in charge of God's house. And we are God's house as long as we hold on with confidence to the hope we boast we believe in.

1 Peter 2:9

In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he's done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 4:11

Anyone who speaks should do so as though God is speaking through them. Anyone who wants to help others should do so through the strength that God gives, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. May glory and power be his forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time of judgment has come—and it begins with the house of God. If it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's good news?

Revelation 1:6

who made us into his kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to Jesus be glory and authority for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who take part in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God, and of Christ, and they will reign with him for one thousand years.

Revelation 3:12

Those who are victorious I will make into pillars in the Temple of my God. They won't ever have to leave. I will write on them the name of my God, the name of the city of my God called New Jerusalem which descends from heaven from my God, and my own new name.

Revelation 5:10

You made them into a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth.”