1 Peter 2

Which worship songs are based on 1 Peter 2?

Mountain — Hillsong UNITED (2013) 1 Peter 2:4-7
The song connects Christ’s rejection by builders with believers becoming living building material for God’s dwelling. This combination closely follows Peter’s account of Christ and his people forming a spiritual house.
White Owl — Josh Garrels (2011) 1 Peter 2:5
The chorus combines animate stone imagery with being constructed into a home, closely recalling Peter’s description of believers being built into a spiritual house. The song creatively applies that image to the formative role of received dreams.
Awake My Soul — Chris Tomlin (2013) 1 Peter 2:5
The outro’s request to become a living stone invokes Peter’s distinctive description of believers as living stones being built into a spiritual house.
Ever Almighty [Live] — Passion & Melodie Malone (2018) 1 Peter 2:5
The congregation is portrayed as stones being assembled by God into a spiritual house and as a people belonging to him, closely combining Peter’s images for the church.
Simply Free — Beckah Shae (2008) 1 Peter 2:9
The song applies Peter's distinctive royal-priesthood identity to the individual believer.
Lift Us Out — Elevation Worship (2013) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus closely adapts Peter’s description of God calling his people out of darkness. Its collective address also fits the passage’s description of a redeemed community.
On time — ALIA LARA (2024) 1 Peter 2:9
The bridge closely reproduces Peter’s identity language for believers as a divinely chosen people, a priestly community, and a holy nation.
If I Shout — Jason Crabb (2015) 1 Peter 2:9
The second verse links God’s deliverance from spiritual darkness with believers publicly testifying about him. This closely follows Peter’s description of a people brought into divine light to proclaim God’s praises.
Psalm 18 — Cory Asbury (2009) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus closely adapts Peter's description of God calling His people out of darkness into His light. The specific combination of divine calling, departure from darkness, and entry into light distinguishes this from generic illumination imagery.
Chosen Generation — Passion, Chris Tomlin (2010) 1 Peter 2:9
The repeated verses closely reproduce Peter’s description of believers as God’s chosen, holy people and his declaration that God called them from darkness into his marvelous light. This combination of identity and divine calling unmistakably identifies the passage.
Thank You (feat. Jonsal Barrientes & Tiffany Hudson) — Elevation Worship, Jonsal Barrientes, Tiffany Hudson (2026) 1 Peter 2:9
The imagery of being an orphan who now has a faithful Father resonates with the concept of believers being made a chosen people and a royal priesthood, as described in 1 Peter 2, emphasizing belonging and identity in God.
Church People — NewSong (2025) 1 Peter 2:9
The lyrics about being 'set free' and identifying as 'church people' resonate with the description of believers as a chosen people and royal priesthood in 1 Peter.
I Remember — Nathaniel Bassey (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The singer describes being brought from darkness into light and responding with continuing testimony. This closely follows Peter’s description of believers being called out of darkness into God’s light so that they may proclaim his works.
Super Herói — Thiago Grulha (2012) 1 Peter 2:9
The description of God bringing the singer out of darkness into light closely echoes Peter's description of God calling his people out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Thank You Jesus for the Blood — Charity Gayle (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus describes salvation as a transfer from darkness into God’s glorious light, closely echoing Peter’s description of those God has called into his marvelous light.
Turnaround — Sam Purpose (2025) 1 Peter 2:9
The reference to 'we a chosen generation living for the king' resonates with the message in 1 Peter 2:9, which speaks of believers as a chosen people called to proclaim God's praises.
YEAR OF VICTORY — Rend Collective (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The movement from darkness into God’s marvelous light directly echoes Peter’s description of the people God has called and redeemed.
I'm Free — FFH (2007) 1 Peter 2:9
The song directly credits God with calling the singer out of darkness, closely reproducing Peter's description of God's call out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Glorious Day/Free Indeed — Israel & New Breed (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The movement initiated by God’s call from darkness into radiant daylight closely follows Peter’s description of believers being summoned from darkness into God’s marvelous light.
Learning How To Love Myself — Katy Nichole (2025) 1 Peter 2:9
The lyrics express a sense of being 'chosen and worthy,' which paraphrases the message of 1 Peter 2:9 about believers being a chosen people and a royal priesthood, affirming their identity in Christ.
Glorious Day (Live From Passion 2026) — Kristian Stanfill & Passion & KB (2026) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus closely follows Peter's description of God calling his people out of darkness and into his marvelous light, recasting that transition through resurrection imagery.
Glorious Day - Radio Version — Kristian Stanfill & Passion (2017) 1 Peter 2:9
The movement produced by God's call—from darkness into radiant divine light—closely paraphrases Peter's description of believers being called from darkness into God's marvelous light.
Your Spirit — Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Kierra Sheard (2017) 1 Peter 2:9
The second verse closely follows Peter’s description of God calling his people from darkness into divine light.
High Up — Jonathan Traylor (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The song directly uses Peter’s designation for believers as a priestly and royal people, grounding personal identity in God’s calling.
Anomaly — Lecrae (2014) 1 Peter 2:9-11
The outro combines distinctive KJV terminology from Peter’s description of God’s set-apart people and their status as outsiders. Lecrae reframes social exclusion as a shared identity grounded in belonging to God.
Lead On (King Eternal) [Live] — Aaron Shust (2017) 1 Peter 2:9
The description of God rescuing people from darkness into radiant light closely follows Peter’s language for believers being called from darkness into God’s marvelous light.
Estamos de Pé (Ao Vivo) — Marcus Salles (2020) 1 Peter 2:9
The church is identified with Peter’s distinctive covenant title for God’s people as a consecrated nation.
Focus (feat. Josiah Bassey) — Transformation Worship & Josiah Bassey (2025) 1 Peter 2:9
The phrase 'child of the King' reflects the identity of believers as described in 1 Peter 2:9, where they are referred to as a chosen people and a royal priesthood.
Identity — Colton Dixon (2017) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus closely echoes Peter's description of believers as a chosen people and a royal priesthood. The distinctive pairing of divine selection with royal status strongly identifies this passage.
Out of the Dark — Mandisa (2017) 1 Peter 2:9
The song’s central movement from darkness into light closely paraphrases Peter’s description of God calling believers out of darkness into his light.
Glorious Day — Passion, Kristian Stanfill (2020) 1 Peter 2:9
The recurring movement from being called out of darkness into divine light closely paraphrases Peter's description of believers being called from darkness into God's marvelous light.
We Will Not Conform — Every Nation Music (2014) 1 Peter 2:9
The description of the worshipping community combines Peter's distinctive designations of believers as chosen and holy.
Free Indeed (You Said I Am) — Israel & New Breed (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The verse closely follows Peter’s description of God calling his people from darkness into light, while the accompanying language of being set apart reinforces the passage’s theme of a consecrated people.
We Are the Kingdom — Seacoast Music (2020) 1 Peter 2:9
The opening identifies believers as people summoned by God from darkness into his extraordinary light, closely reproducing Peter’s description of the church’s redeemed identity.
Estamos de Pé - Ao Vivo — Marcus Salles (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The church is identified with Peter’s distinctive covenant designation for believers as a people consecrated to God.
Glory — Ariel Fitz-Patrick (2025) 1 Peter 2:9
The chorus presents salvation as God bringing a person out of darkness and into light, closely reflecting Peter’s description of believers being called from darkness into God’s marvelous light so that they may proclaim His greatness.
Until the Whole World Hears — Casting Crowns (2009) 1 Peter 2:9
The second verse identifies the church as a consecrated nation, closely reproducing Peter’s description of God’s people. The surrounding call to proclamation also matches the purpose Peter gives this community: announcing God’s excellencies.
Resurrender — Hillsong Worship (2021) 1 Peter 2:9
The description of the church as both a holy nation and a chosen generation closely reproduces Peter’s covenant language for God’s people.
Let It Show — John Schlitt (2011) 1 Peter 2:12
Explicitly cited in the supplied lyrics heading, this verse connects to the insistence that professed faith become visible through conduct. The song also portrays skeptical observers recognizing the effects of faith, corresponding to Peter's emphasis on outsiders witnessing believers' good deeds.
Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery — Matt Boswell (2013) 1 Peter 2:22-24
The combination of Christ's sinlessness, suffering, and bearing sinners' guilt on the tree closely follows Peter's description of his sacrificial death.
A Son of Your Love — Fernando Ortega (2009) 1 Peter 2:23-24
The contrast between the singer's desire for retaliation and Christ's unresisting suffering closely follows Peter's description of Jesus refusing retaliation. The accompanying depiction of crucifixion using the image of a tree strengthens the connection to this specific passage.
How Great Thou Art — Becoming the Archetype (2008) 1 Peter 2:24
Christ's bearing the worshipper's sin through his bodily death on the cross closely parallels Peter's description of Jesus bearing human sins on the tree.
Glorious Day — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2013) 1 Peter 2:24
The crucifixion verse combines the designation of the cross as a tree with Jesus bearing the believer's sins, reproducing the distinctive combination in Peter's account.
Here I Am to Worship — Worship Together (2011) 1 Peter 2:24
The bridge personalizes Peter's description of Christ bearing human sins in his body at the crucifixion. The specific combination of sin-bearing and the cross supports the connection beyond a general reference to sacrifice.
When You Were Jesus to Me — Cheri Keaggy (2012) 1 Peter 2:24
The description of Christ's death using tree imagery, coupled with its saving effect on the speaker, closely echoes Peter's account of Jesus bearing human sins in his body on the tree.
By His Stripes — John Mark Pantana (2017) 1 Peter 2:24
The bridge directly invokes the biblical declaration that healing comes through the wounds of the suffering servant. First Peter applies Isaiah’s language specifically to Jesus’ sin-bearing death.
Yahweh (Godiya Gareka) — Limoblaze & kaestrings & Joe L Barnes (2025) 1 Peter 2:24
The lyrics reference the sacrifice of Jesus and the shedding of blood, which directly connects to the verse about Christ bearing our sins on the cross.
At the Cross — Gaither Vocal Band (2009) 1 Peter 2:24
The description of Christ suffering on a tree for the singer's wrongdoing closely reflects Peter's account of Jesus bearing human sins in his body on the tree. The combination of this distinctive image and personal culpability makes the connection specific.
Right Beside You — Building 429 (2011) 1 Peter 2:24
The second verse closely adapts Peter’s declaration that Christ’s wounds have brought healing. Its completed-healing language most directly matches 1 Peter 2:24, which itself draws on Isaiah 53:5.
Healing Hand of God — Jeremy Camp (2010) 1 Peter 2:24
The bridge adapts Peter's statement that Christ's wounds bring healing, describing the result as spiritual renewal. Peter's wording itself draws on Isaiah 53:5.
God Is for Us — Aaron Shust (2013) 1 Peter 2:24
The second verse pairs Christ's bearing of human sin with the saving effect of his wounds, closely adapting the two linked statements in this passage. Although Peter draws on Isaiah 53, this combination most directly matches his formulation.
Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) — Casting Crowns (2009) 1 Peter 2:24
The second verse combines Jesus' bearing human sins with the description of his execution on a tree, closely matching Peter's formulation of Christ's atoning death.
Wait (feat. MercyMe) — The Afters (2019) 1 Peter 2:24
The description of Christ's wounds as bearing away the singer's sins closely reflects Peter's teaching that Christ bore human sins in his crucified body and that redemption comes through his wounds.
The Anchor — Crowder (2021) 1 Peter 2:24
The declaration that Christ carried humanity's sins closely parallels Peter’s statement that Jesus personally bore human sins in his crucifixion.
He Lifted My Burdens — Gold City (2022) 1 Peter 2:24
The portrayal of Christ carrying the believer's sin upon the tree closely parallels Peter's statement that Jesus bore human sins in his body on the cross so that believers might be freed from sin.
Jesus I Love You (Live) — Sinach (2024) 1 Peter 2:25
The repeated address to Jesus as the shepherd responsible for the inner person closely reflects Peter’s designation of Christ as the Shepherd and Overseer of souls.
For Just You — ApologetiX (2012) 1 Peter 2:25
The song identifies wandering sheep with people brought into Christ's care and explicitly extends the rescue imagery to souls. This matches the cited passage's description of straying people returning to the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls.
Rock of Salvation — Allies (2011) 1 Peter 2:25
The song's designation of Christ as the shepherd responsible for souls closely adapts Peter's distinctive description of believers returning to Christ's spiritual care.

1 Peter 2 (King James Version)

¹ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

² As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

³ If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

⁴ To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

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.

⁶ Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

⁷ Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

⁸ And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

⁹ 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:

¹⁰ Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

¹² Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹³ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

¹⁴ Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁶ As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

¹⁷ Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

¹⁸ Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

¹⁹ For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

²¹ For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

²³ Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.