King James Version

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “into” (εἰς) before priesthood here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῷ) before God here.

καὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoαὐτοὶautoiheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asλίθοιlithoistonesλίθος (lithos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “stones”, the subject formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.stonesζῶντεςzōntesto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.οἰκοδομεῖσθεoikodomeistheare built upοἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)verb, present passive indicative, 2nd person plural — “are built up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3618I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.are built upοἶκοςoikoshouseοἶκοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “house”, the subject formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.houseπνευματικὸςpneumatikosspiritualπνευματικόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “spiritual”, the subject formG4152spiritual.spiritualεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἱεράτευμαhierateumapriesthoodἱεράτευμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “priesthood”, the object formG2406the act or office of priesthood.ἅγιονhagionholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “holy”, the object formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἀνενέγκαιanenenkaito carry upἀναφέρω (anapherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to carry up”, a single actionG399(a) I carry up, lead up, (b) I offer up (on a high altar) as a sacrifice, offer up to God on high.This verse uses “carry up”.πνευματικὰςpneumatikasspiritualπνευματικός (pneumatikos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “spiritual”, the object formG4152spiritual.θυσίαςthusiassacrificesθυσία (thusia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “sacrifices”, the object formG2378abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering.sacrificesεὐπροσδέκτουςeuprosdektousacceptableεὐπρόσδεκτος (euprosdektos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “acceptable”, the object formG2144well-received, acceptable, welcome, pleasing.This verse uses “acceptable”.acceptableθεῷtheōto Godθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.to Godδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.JesusΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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American Standard Version (1901)

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

World English Bible

You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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.

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