INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history recorded in the Word of God and in any ancient records from many, which records support it, plus archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God, written and preserved for us in our own language, is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

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There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Introduction/Start of study

1 Peter CHAPTER 2: IN ALL THINGS, HONOR THE ROCK WHO IS CHRIST

Having just finished James, this epistle, even in the very first few verses of this chapter alone, should be a very clear and loud, screaming reminder that we are not saved, nor kept saved, by our works. The introduction to this page and all other study pages herein tells us that the context of any verse, never privately interpreted, determines the doctrine, the teaching, the meaning of that verse and all other verses. "The scattered" Peter mentions here were everywhere, and Peter was in Babylon, apparently, with that church there (1 Peter 5:13)

(1 Peter 2:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Hating, being subtle, sly, phony and fake, envious of others and backstabbing, etc.
Not to be a practice among brethren, commonly is today in American churches, and they get famous, write books, are on radio and TV, teach at seminaries (let's call them cemeteries)
Lay that all aside, set that down over there, walk away
Evil speaking does not always have to be against other people, but can be also cursing, false teaching, open heresy

MAL'ICE, n. [L. malitia, from malus, evil.] Extreme enmity of heart, or malevolence; a disposition to injure others without cause, from mere personal gratification or from a spirit of revenge; unprovoked malignity or spite. --Nor set down aught in malice.

MAL'ICE, v.t. To regard with extreme ill will. [Not used.]

GUILE, n. gile. Craft; cunning; artifice; duplicity; deceit; usually in a bad sense.
We may, with more successful hope, resolve to wage by force or guile eternal war.
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John 1.

GUILE, v.t. To disguise craftily.

HYPOC'RISY, n. [L. hypocrisis; Gr. simulation; to feign; to separate, discern or judge.]

Simulation; a feigning to be what one is not; or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character or motives. More generally, hypocrisy is simulation, or the assuming of a false appearance of virtue or religion; a deceitful show of a good character, in morals or religion; a counterfeiting of religion. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12.
Simulation; deceitful appearance; false pretence.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.

(1 Peter 2:2 [AKJV/PCE])
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

We are not to be newborn babes, but meat eaters
So this means that we need to have that desire to learn, study, memorize the Word like you used to when you were newly saved
"Get that Gospel down, then go deeper to grow into mature Christians who can teach others"

CHILDREN, AND THEIR MILK

(Matthew 18:3 [AKJV/PCE])
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

(Matthew 19:14 [AKJV/PCE])
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

(Luke 18:16 [AKJV/PCE])
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

(1 Corinthians 3:2-3 [AKJV/PCE])
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

(Hebrews 5:12 [AKJV/PCE])
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

(1 Peter 2:3 [AKJV/PCE])
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

Saved or unsaved, one can see that the LORD is gracious.
As saved, by grace (Ephesians 22:8-9)
As unsaved, the grace of God was and is and will be extended to you and you are still alive with a heartbeat and breath in your lungs, to this day, and until you leave earth

(1 Peter 2:4 [AKJV/PCE])
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Jesus is the Rock, we are the lively stones, like Peter was
Jesus was a man as we are, yet fully God, and was totally despised and rejected (disallowed) for claiming it, and murdered for it on a Cross as innocent, for us

(Psalms 22:6-8 [AKJV/PCE])
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

(Isaiah 53:3-6 [AKJV/PCE])
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

(1 Peter 2:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Again, to repeat: we are stones as Peter was, not the Rock, upon which the church was built
This is a Roman Catholic teaching, no place found in God's Word
If Peter was the foundation as a stone, then we are also a foundation as a stone
Since we are not the foundation of the church, neither was Peter. No one who builds a foundation then or now uses little stones, but rocks, boulders, solid rock ledges which are much more stable

(1 Peter 2:6 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

No one stumbles at a tiny, one inch stone on the ground, but does when it is six inches around or more, because the foot is too small for it and it weighs too much to just move out of one's way or be pushed into the soil
It starts in Sion/Zion, Israel, to the Jew first and also the Greek

CONFOUND, v.t. [L., to pour out. Literally, to pour or throw together.]

To mingle and blend different things, so that their forms or natures cannot be distinguished; to mix in a mass or crowd, so that individuals cannot be distinguished.
To throw into disorder.
Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen 11.
To mix or blend, so as to occasion a mistake of one thing for another.
A fluid body and a wetting liquor, because they agree in many things, are wont to be confounded.
Men may confound ideas with words.
To perplex; to disturb the apprehension by indistinctness of ideas or words.
Men may confound each other by unintelligible terms or wrong application of words.
To abash; to throw the mind into disorder; to cast down; to make ashamed.
and be confounded, and bear thy shame, Ezek 16.
Saul confounded the Jews at Damascus. Acts 9.
To perplex with terror; to terrify; to dismay; to astonish; to throw into consternation; to stupify with amazement.
So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood a while as mute confounded what to say.
The multitude came together and were confounded. Acts 2.
To destroy; to overthrow.
So deep a malice to confound the race of mankind in one root.

(Isaiah 8:14 [AKJV/PCE])
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

(Isaiah 28:16 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

(Psalms 118:22 [AKJV/PCE])
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

(Luke 2:34 [AKJV/PCE])
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

(Romans 9:32-33 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

(1 Peter 2:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

The traditional account below makes clear sense

THE HEAD OF THE CORNER

"According to tradition, there was one stone which didn’t fit with the others, so the builders moved it out of the way. At last, when the temple tower was almost complete, they found they were missing the pinnacle stone which would cap all the rest. Finally they realized that the stone they had rejected had been shaped to be the head stone at the topmost corner of the tower."
-Dr. Henry Morris, Days of Praise, 09-12-1998

In Israel, Old Jerusalem has the Stone the builders rejected which was once and now remains located under the temple mount. The temple was to be made with no hammers, or any other tools, silently, only with the stones which were hewn only in the quarry where they came from, there was just simply to be no noise. The stones were to be brought to the place of the temple construction.According to tradition, one stone was the largest stone ever taken out of a quarry. Apparently, it weighed about 500 tons. God was with the Jews, as this was clearly a marvel of engineering and a miracle they got it out without the heavy equipment that is used today, that the Jews were able to haul this massive, quarried stone to the temple site and set it at the corner, as the cornerstone.

Now that it was in place, there was a bit of confusion as to what to do with it as it did not appear to fit anywhere in the temple design. According to traditional history, they then pushed it over and away and into the Kidron Valley. Later on, confusion over, they returned it by pushing it back and placed it into the foundation of what is now today the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, where there is often disruption and problems with violence by Arabs to this day. Around 2,000 years ago, when Jesus Christ walked the earth, everyone in Israel was familiar with both the stone and the story. When Jesus had said, "Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?", everyone there knew exactly what He meant.

Fast forward from the building of the temple to the time of Christ, Jesus came and showed Himself to His people, the Jews, as the Foundation stone of Israel as their Messiah, their Christ, their Saviour, and they openly rejected Him, in that same confusion. He was not part of their plan for a Messiah. Their Messiah was to come and conquer Rome and free them on earth, not conquer the serpent, conquer their sin by dying for it, paying for it in His Blood, and one day establishing a Kingdom for them. They misread the Old Testament, their own testament, seeking instead an earthly kingdom "right now! We can't wait! You do not need to die for us! You are not the Messiah then! Crucify Him!". The same is today with Christians reading the Word, even believing in the Rock who is Christ and being confused as to what to do with Him! Because of His rejection, Jesus was made the chief cornerstone, the foundational Rock upon Whom the church was founded. Thus was fulfilled that which Jesus Christ said would,

"The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:"

(Job 38:6 [AKJV/PCE])
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

(Psalms 144:12 [AKJV/PCE])
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

(Ephesians 2:20 [AKJV/PCE])
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

(1 Kings 6:7 [AKJV/PCE])
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

(Matthew 21:42 [AKJV/PCE])
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

(Mark 12:10 [AKJV/PCE])
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

(Luke 20:17 [AKJV/PCE])
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

(Acts 4:11 [AKJV/PCE])
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

(1 Peter 2:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

(1 Peter 2:8 [AKJV/PCE])
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

The Word of God to someone who does not want to obey it
When an issue arises and the Word is preached to deal with it, teach doctrine on how to handle it, the one who does not want to obey instantaneously labels it as "LEGALISM!", thereby dismissing it, feeling no remorse, having no conviction, excusing themselves for their sin
We are called to love the Word of God, not disdain it as a stumbling block in our way to do our will

(1 Peter 2:9 [AKJV/PCE])
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Unlike many cults such as Roman Catholicism, we are priests, to administer truth to members of the body of Christ
We are declared holy and righteous by God the Father because we believe on the death, burial, resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ
We are strange, mysterious, unknown to this world, to the unbelievers, because we are light and they love the darkness

(Revelation 1:6 [AKJV/PCE])
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

(Revelation 5:10 [AKJV/PCE])
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

(1 Peter 2:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

The Jews were and are and will be God's chosen nation, but the Gentiles are now grafted in as a branch through faith
The fact, the truth that God chose us and we did not choose Him means grace, mercy, faith and not works
This is because we did not seek God; He drew us to Himself, coming as we were with nothing good in us

(Romans 3:9-18 [AKJV/PCE])
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

(Psalms 53:1-3 [AKJV/PCE])
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

(1 Peter 2:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Because we are strangers to this world, just passing through on our way to heaven, we need to not let his world stick to us, influence us, pour us onto its mold
These lusts are in us already from our very nature we are born with; God gives us grace, mercy, salvation, but our bodies are still here, not new, not glorified or sinles-YET
They fight constantly, our nature and God's Spirit in us, so whichever one wee walk in wins, until we go home
This is a moment by moment battle, not once in a while
That old saying Cherokee goes, "Which wolf you feed" applies here

BESEE'CH, v.t. pret. and pp.besought.
To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to ask or pray with urgency; followed by a person; as, "I Paul beseech you by the meekness of Christ,", 2 Cor 10; or by a thing; as, I beseech your patience.

PIL'GRIM, n. [L. peregrinus. Gu.L. peragro, to wander, palor.]

A wanderer; a traveler; particularly, one that travels to a distance from his own country to visit a holy place, or to pay his devotion to the remains of dead saints. [See Pilgrimage.]
In Scripture, one that has only a temporary residence on earth. Heb 11.

PIL'GRIM, v.i. To wander or ramble. [Not used.]

(Galatians 6:7-8 [AKJV/PCE])
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5 [AKJV/PCE])
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed.""

Of course, God said it first.

(1 Peter 2:12 [AKJV/PCE])
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Both in word and deed, since the definition of conversation is both
Unbelieving Gentiles or Jews will both speak evil of you, even if and when you do good, sometimes even because you do good, because Jesus prophesied that it would happen
Nevertheless, if they never get saved, they will see what you did for God on judgment day
God speaks of the visitation as judgment, not just a visitation of visiting

VISITA'TION, n. [L. visito.]

The act of visiting.
Nothing but peace and gentle visitation.
Object of visit.
My early visitation and my last. [Unusual.]
In law, the act of a superior or superintending officer, who visits a corporation, college, church or other house, to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed. In England, the visitation of the diocese belongs to the bishop; parochial visitation belongs peculiarly to the archdeacons.
In Scripture, and in a religious sense, the sending of afflictions and distresses on men to punish them for their sins, or to prove them. Hence afflictions, calamities and judgments are called visitations.
What will ye do in the day of visitation? Isa 10.
Communication of divine love; exhibition of divine goodness and mercy.

(John 15:19-20 [AKJV/PCE])
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

(John 15:25 [AKJV/PCE])
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

(Isaiah 10:3 [AKJV/PCE])
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

(Jeremiah 8:12 [AKJV/PCE])
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

(Jeremiah 10:15 [AKJV/PCE])
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

(Jeremiah 11:23 [AKJV/PCE])
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

(Jeremiah 23:12 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

(Jeremiah 46:21 [AKJV/PCE])
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

(Jeremiah 48:44 [AKJV/PCE])
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

(Jeremiah 50:27 [AKJV/PCE])
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

(Jeremiah 51:18 [AKJV/PCE])
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

(Hosea 9:7 [AKJV/PCE])
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

(Micah 7:4 [AKJV/PCE])
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

(1 Peter 2:13 [AKJV/PCE])
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

This means whichever form of government you are under, as long as what you are asked, by whatever authority you are asked, from local police to the highest courts, to the royal family, as long as it does not go against Scripture, do it
God sets up all kingdoms, governments, changesthem in and out, as He sees fit, as Sovereign over all the earth, and that is a way He disciplines His children when they disobey, how it is used for His judgment againt the disobedient

(Daniel 2:20-21 [AKJV/PCE])
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

(Acts 17:26 [AKJV/PCE])
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

(1 Peter 2:15 [AKJV/PCE])
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

While they may not keep silent, they will still have nothing of substance to actually say against you; you did what they asked, always, to the best of your ability
Many of the leaders then, as now, were pagan, atheistic fools, who God set up to discipline and punish, judge the disobedient. Being in the world among those who are disobedient, we also have to suffer the wrath of the unbelievers but God will recompense them all one day, top tier to bottom, according to their sins

(1 Peter 2:16 [AKJV/PCE])
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

We are the LORD's free men, and we are the servants of Christ
This is asking us to do it by our free will, not under compulsion

(1 Corinthians 7:22 [AKJV/PCE])
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

(1 Peter 2:17 [AKJV/PCE])
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

The Law, bound up into one verse, as in "love thy neighbor as thyself"
Fear God" here means fear, be scared to be disciplined, understand your place and Who the Father is, place and keep Him on His Rightful Throne
Then respect for authority, something lacking today.

THE CHRISTIAN LAW, WAY OF LIFE

(Leviticus 19:18 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

(Matthew 5:43 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

(Matthew 19:19 [AKJV/PCE])
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Matthew 22:39 [AKJV/PCE])
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Mark 12:31 [AKJV/PCE])
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

(Romans 13:9 [AKJV/PCE])
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Galatians 5:14 [AKJV/PCE])
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(James 2:8 [AKJV/PCE])
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

(1 Peter 2:18 [AKJV/PCE])
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Today we call them employees and employers is all

(1 Peter 2:19 [AKJV/PCE])
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

This behavior, communication is worthy of thanks, not just future rewards, which will follow
It is by far the hardest thing to do, suffer wrong for good, be falsely accused for no reason of your own

(1 Peter 2:20 [AKJV/PCE])
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Anyone can do the easiest thing in the world; it is doing the hard one, being falsely accused and taking it, that is hard
Jesus was buffeted a His trial

BUFF'ET, v.t. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat.
They spit in his face and buffetted him. Math.26.
1. To beat in contention; to contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
BUFF'ET, v.i. To exercise or play at boxing.

(Matthew 26:67 [AKJV/PCE])
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

(Mark 14:65 [AKJV/PCE])
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

(1 Corinthians 4:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

(2 Corinthians 12:7 [AKJV/PCE])
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

(1 Peter 2:21 [AKJV/PCE])
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

This is our calling, to endure hardships by leaning on the LORD alone
In the end, He is all we have when all abandon us

(1 Peter 2:22 [AKJV/PCE])
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Jesus was hit precisely because He was innocent, for us
His enemies found Him guilty-of nothing-and did it anyways
People will do that to us-because they can

(1 Peter 2:23 [AKJV/PCE])
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Give it to God is the message, the instruction, the commandment here
Leave room for God's wrath when this happens

VENGEANCE

(Leviticus 19:18 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

(Deuteronomy 32:35 [AKJV/PCE])
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

(Proverbs 24:29 [AKJV/PCE])
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

(Matthew 5:39 [AKJV/PCE])
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

(Luke 6:29 [AKJV/PCE])
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

(Hebrews 10:30 [AKJV/PCE])
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

(Romans 12:19 [AKJV/PCE])
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

(1 Peter 3:9 [AKJV/PCE])
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

(1 Peter 2:24-25 [AKJV/PCE])
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Jesus Christ died, but not for Himself
Since the Fall we have beeen born with dead spirits, living souls, living bodies, as we are three parts
When we get saved, we are born again (John 3:3) and our spirit is quickened, made alive

(Isaiah 53:5 [AKJV/PCE])
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

(Daniel 9:26 [AKJV/PCE])
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

(John 10:11 [AKJV/PCE])
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

(John 10:14 [AKJV/PCE])
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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