diff --git a/1pe/02/05.md b/1pe/02/05.md index 14bde4eba3..825bf29635 100644 --- a/1pe/02/05.md +++ b/1pe/02/05.md @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ # You also are ... being built up to be a spiritual house -Just as people used stones to build the temple in the Old Testament, believers are the materials that God is using to build a house in which he will live. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Just as people used stones to build the temple in the Old Testament, believers are the materials that God is using to build a house in which He will live. # You also are like living stones -Peter compares his readers to stones that are alive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]]) +Peter compares his readers to stones that are alive. # that are being built up to be a spiritual house -This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that God is building into a spiritual house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"that God is building into a spiritual house" # a holy priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices -Here the position of priesthood stands for the priests who fulfill its duties. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) - +Here the position of priesthood stands for the priests who fulfill its duties.