Easter · The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Jubilate)
1 Peter 2:11-20
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
April 26, 2026
Overview & Insights
“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession.” (1 Peter 2:9)
Peter now turns from exhorting his readers to conduct that befits their life within the believing community to inviting them to consider the nature of that community which Christ has brought into existence.
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Commentary
1 Peter 2 Commentary: The Glory and the Duty of God's People Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik covers living as sojourners, submission for the Lord's sake, and suffering while doing good.
1 Peter 2:11-12 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study of aliens and strangers abstaining from fleshly lusts, the exact opening of this reading.
1 Peter 2:19-25 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed commentary on the suffering-while-doing-good verses (19 to 20) that close this reading and continue into the servant example.
1 Peter 2:11 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators on Peter's appeal to abstain from fleshly lusts that war against the soul.
Background & Word Study
1 Peter - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Book portal on Peter's letter to exiles in Asia Minor and its theme of holy conduct under pressure.
Book of 1 Peter Summary: Watch an Overview Video BibleProject
Animated overview of the letter's argument about identity and suffering for the scattered church.
1 Peter 2:11 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek-English interlinear parsing paroikous and parepidemous (aliens and sojourners) and epithumion (lusts).
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What is the living Stone?
Coming to Christ, the living Stone rejected by men but chosen by God, believers are built into a spiritual house and called to honorable conduct among the nations.
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