Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 So rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
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Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
2 Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation,
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Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 since you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 Coming to Him, a living stone-rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God-
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As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—
5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God 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!
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For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
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