1 Peter 2:5

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You’re also like living stones. As you come to Christ, you’re being built into a house for worship. There you will be holy priests and offer spiritual sacrifices that God will accept because of what Jesus Christ has done.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But God chose you to be his own people, his royal priests, a holy nation, his special treasure. You’re all these things so that you can tell everyone how wonderful God is. He brought you out of darkness and into his marvelous light.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We’re working together to serve God. You’re like God’s field and God’s building.

Revelation 5:10

You’ve made one kingdom out of them, and you’ve made them priests who will serve our God and rule on the earth.”

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that together you are God’s temple? Don’t you know that God’s Spirit lives among you?

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as his Son. And we are his house, if we hold tightly to our courage and the hope we boast about.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will rule with him for 1,000 years.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don’t you know that together you are a body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you? You have received the Spirit from God. You don’t belong to yourselves;

Romans 12:1

Because God has shown you such mercy, brothers and sisters, I ask you to offer up your bodies to God while you are still alive. That will be a sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. It’s the right kind of worship to offer God.

Revelation 1:6

He has made us members of his royal family and priests who serve his God and Father. May he receive glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Philippians 4:18

I’ve already received my full pay, and I have more than enough. I have everything I need, now that Epaphroditus has brought me the gifts you sent. They’re a sweet-smelling offering, a sacrifice that God accepts and that makes him happy.

2 Corinthians 6:16

How can the temple of the true God get along with idols? We are the temple of the living God, as God has said, “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they will be my people.”

Revelation 3:12

If anyone wins the victory, I’ll make that person a pillar in the temple of my God. They’ll never leave it again. On them I’ll write the name of my God and the name of his city, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down from him out of heaven. I’ll also write my new name on them.

Romans 15:16

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I’m like a priest of the good news, and I want the Gentiles to be an offering that pleases God because it has been made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I have to put off my visit, you’ll know how people should act in God’s family, the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father through him.

Philippians 2:17

But even if my life is going to be poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I’ll be glad and joyful with all of you.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, they should do it as someone who’s speaking God’s own words. If anyone serves, they should do it with the strength that God provides. That way God will be praised in all things through Jesus Christ. May he receive the glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 1:11

You’ll be filled with the fruit of right living that comes from following Jesus Christ. All of these things bring glory and praise to God.

Galatians 6:10

So whenever we get the chance to do something good for anyone, let’s do it, and especially for people within the family of believers.

1 Peter 4:17

It’s time for judgment to begin with God’s household. And if it begins with us, what will happen to people who don’t obey the good news of God?