1 Peter 2:1-9 (Holman Christian Standard)

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The Living Stone and a Holy People

1 So rid yourselves of^a all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk,^b so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation,^c ^d 3 since you have tasted that the Lord is good. ^e 4 Coming to Him, a living stone-rejected^f by men but chosen and valuable^g to God- 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house^h for a holy priesthoodⁱ to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God^j through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and valuable cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame! ^k ^l ^m 7 So the honor is for you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected- this One has become the cornerstone, ⁿ ^o and 8 A stone that causes men to stumble, ^p and a rock that trips them up. ^q ^r ^s They stumble by disobeying the message; they were destined for this. 9 But you are a chosen race, ^t ^u a royal priesthood, ^v ^w a holy nation, ^x a people for His possession, ^y ^z so that you may proclaim the praises ^aa ^bb of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.^cc

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