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1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
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1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
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2 as newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
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3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
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4 As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him--
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5 You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.
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5 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.
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6 Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Tziyon a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: He who believes in him will not be put to shame."
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6 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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