1 Peter 2:5 (DRB)

Passage

Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:3 If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.

1 Peter 2:4 Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God:

1 Peter 2:5 Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:6 Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded.

1 Peter 2:7 To you therefore that believe, he is honour: but to them that believe not, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "living", "stones", "built", "spiritual", "house", "holy", and "priesthood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "living", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Unto whom coming as to a living..." into verse 6's "Wherefore it is said in the scripture...", so "Spirit" and "living" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "living" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.