Quotes from 1 Peter

12 notable lines from Peter · c. 63

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

    1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)

  2. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

    1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)

  3. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

    1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)

  4. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

    1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)

  5. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

    1 Peter 1:24 (KJV)

  6. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

    1 Peter 3:15 (KJV)

  7. Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

    1 Peter 1:16 (KJV)

  8. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

    1 Peter 1:23 (KJV)

  9. 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.

    1 Peter 2:5 (KJV)

  10. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

    1 Peter 3:4 (KJV)

  11. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

    1 Peter 2:17 (KJV)