“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.”
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 — the extension of the 'living stone' metaphor to believers suggests their integration into a 'spiritual house' (oikos pneumatikos), a structure of living stones. The designation 'holy priesthood' (hierateuma hagion) suggests all believers participate in priestly function, not merely designated clergy. The 'spiritual sacrifices' (pneumatikai thysiai) suggest that believers' worship, prayer, and ethical conduct constitute the new sacrifice.
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