1 Peter 2:5
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Believers, as living stones, are built into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices through Christ.
What Does 1 Peter 2:5 Mean?
If Christ is the living stone, his people are living stones too, shaped to the same nature. Peter sees them being built together into one spiritual house, a dwelling for God.
And this house is also a priesthood. Every believer is drawn into the work of offering, not animals now, but spiritual sacrifices: lives, praise, obedience, love. These are made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Peter dignifies an ordinary, scattered church with priestly standing. No one is mere material in this temple; each stone is also a priest with something to bring.
In the Original Language
hierateuma (ἱεράτευμα), 'priesthood' -- a body of priests, a people set apart to offer to God.