1 Peter 2:5

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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.

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  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Isa 61:6 : 6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord; they will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you will boast.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 and has made us a kingdom and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.
  • Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
  • Heb 13:15-16 : 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
  • 1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
  • Ps 141:2 : 2 May my prayer be set before You like incense, and the lifting of my hands like the evening offering.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  • Isa 66:21 : 21 And I will also take some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.
  • Rom 12:1 : 1 I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  • Rev 3:12 : 12 The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and they will never go out again. I will write on them the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, and to the one who orders their way rightly, I will show the salvation of God.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • John 4:22-24 : 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such people to worship him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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