1 Peter 2:5

Lighthouse Bible 2006

You also, as living stones, are built up into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Cross References

1 Kings 7:11

And above were costly stones, according to the measures of cut stones, and cedars.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 50:14

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High:

Psalm 50:23

He who offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conduct rightly will I show the salvation of God.

Exodus 19:6

And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:

Isaiah 61:6

But you shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we return the sacrifices of our lips.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.

Romans 12:1

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 15:16

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are laborers together with God: you are God’s cultivated field, you are God’s building.

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Galatians 6:10

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Deuteronomy 18:2

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their people: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said to them.

Philippians 1:11

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 2:17

Yes, and if I am offered in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I have joy, and rejoice with you all.

Philippians 4:18

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a fragrance of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I delay long, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ was faithful as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let him speak like a messenger of God; if anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come that judgment must begin at the household of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Revelation 1:6

And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 3:12

He who overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 5:10

And have made us kings and priests to our God: and we shall reign on the earth.