The Living Stone and Chosen People (Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; Ephesians 2:19–22)
1 TNT Wherfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and dissimulacion and envie and all backbytynge: BSB BSB: Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2 TNT and as newe borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is with out corrupcion that ye maye growe therin. BSB BSB: Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 TNT If so be that ye have tasted how plesaunt the lorde is BSB BSB: now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 TNT to whom ye come as vnto a livynge stone disalowed of men but chosen of god and precious: BSB BSB: As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
5 TNT and ye as lyvynge stones are made a spretuall housse and an holy presthode for to offer vp spretuall sacryfice acceptable to god by Iesus Christ. BSB BSB: you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 TNT Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture: beholde I put in Sion an heed corner stone electe and precious: and he that beleveth on him shall not be ashamed. BSB BSB: For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
7 TNT Vnto you therfore which beleve he is precious: but vnto them which beleve not the stone which the bylders refused the same is made the heed stone in the corner BSB BSB: To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
8 TNT and a stone to stomble at and a rocke to offende them which stomble at the worde and beleve not that where on they were set. BSB BSB: and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
9 TNT But ye are a chosyn generacion a royall presthod an holy nacion and a peculiar people that ye shuld shewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys marvelous light BSB BSB: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
11 TNT Derly beloved I beseche you as straugers and pilgrems abstayne from flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soule BSB BSB: Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
12 TNT and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the getyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion. BSB BSB: Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
Submission to Authorities (Romans 13:1–7)
13 TNT Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed: BSB BSB: Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
14 TNT other vnto rulars as vnto them that are sent of him for the punysshment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well. BSB BSB: or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
15 TNT For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men: BSB BSB: For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 TNT as fre and not as havinge the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god. BSB BSB: Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
17 TNT Honoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe. Feare god and honour the kynge. BSB BSB: Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
18 TNT Servauntes obey youre masters with all feare not only yf they be good and courteous: but also though they be frowarde. BSB BSB: Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
19 TNT For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe sufferinge wrongfully. BSB BSB: For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
20 TNT For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God. BSB BSB: How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
Christ’s Example of Suffering (Isaiah 53:1–8)
21 TNT For herevnto verely were ye called: for Christ also suffered for vs levinge vs an insample that ye shuld folowe his steppes, BSB BSB: For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
23 TNT which when he was reviled reviled not agayne: when he suffered he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously BSB BSB: When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
24 TNT which his awne silfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shuld be delyvered from synne and shuld lyve in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye were healed. BSB BSB: He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
25 TNT For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto the shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules. BSB BSB: For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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