New Testament · Epistle
1 Peter 2:5
- Author:
- The Lord Will Editorial Team
- Last updated:
- Category:
- New Testament
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.
About 1 Peter 2:5
Few verses address Spiritual Dryness and Perseverance, Spiritual Oppression: The Battle and Victory in Christ, and The Priesthood from Levi to Christ as directly as 1 Peter 2:5. This New Testament passage from the epistle of 1 Peter has become a cornerstone of biblical teaching on the subject, treasured for its precision and pastoral warmth.
Related Verses
- Colossians 1:9
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
- 1 Corinthians 2:13
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
“And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:44
“It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:46
“Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.”
Related Topics
Related Life Situations
Promises and Prayers Connected to This Verse
Divine Promises
- Rejected of Men, But Chosen of God and Precious
Prayer Points
- Naming the Rejection Before God's Election
How to Apply 1 Peter 2:5
Pray through 1 Peter 2:5 slowly, pausing at each phrase. Journal what God highlights regarding on the theme of Spiritual Dryness and Perseverance. Commit to one concrete application over the next seven days, and revisit your notes at the end of the week to see how your perspective has shifted through the lens of this passage.