1 Peter 2:1-6 (New Living Translation)
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So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.
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You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,
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now that you have had a taste of the Lord's kindness.
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Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple. He was rejected by the people, but he is precious to God who chose him.
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And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.
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As the Scriptures express it, "I am placing a stone in Jerusalem, a a chosen cornerstone, and anyone who believes in him will never be disappointed. b "
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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