1 Peter 2:4-10

4As you come to him, a living stone arejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 byou yourselves like living stones are being built up as ca spiritual house, to be da holy priesthood, eto offer spiritual sacrifices facceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For it stands in Scripture:

gBehold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
hand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7So the honor is for you who ibelieve, but for those who jdo not believe,

k“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
Greek  the head of the corner

8and

m“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, nas they were destined to do.

9But you are oa chosen race, pa royal qpriesthood, ra holy nation, sa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you tout of darkness into uhis marvelous light. 10 vOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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