[:en]Just as a body needs the mother’s milk, a child of God should also crave for pure spiritual milk. Rid yourselves of all malice, and all discord, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind. (vs. 1-3)
God is building a temple out of the living stones (Eph. 2:19-22). We are like living stones being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (vs. 4-8)
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. So all believers are priests who must worship Him and bring sacrifices to the Lord. (vs. 9-10)
As aliens and strangers in the world, we should abstains from sinful desires and live good lives to glorify God. (vs. 11-12)
Christians must be good citizens to submit to rulers and masters as what Jesus Christ had submitted even to death. (vs. 13-25)[:]