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Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
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as newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
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coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
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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 Jesus Christ.
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Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: He who believes in him will not be put to shame."
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For you therefore who believe is the honor, but for such as are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"
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