1Pe 2:8-9 | ESV | STEP | and A stone of stumbling , and a rock of offense . They stumble because they disobey the word , as they were destined to do.

1 Peter 2:8-9

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

9 But you are ^ca chosen race, ^da royal ^epriesthood, ^fa holy nation, ^ga people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^hout of darkness into ⁱhis marvelous light.