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1 Peter 2:5-7
International Standard Version
1 Peter 2:5-7
International Standard Version
5 you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.[a] 6 This is why it says in Scripture:
“Look! I am laying a chosen, precious cornerstone[b] in Zion.
The one who believes in him will never be ashamed.”[c]
7 Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,[d]
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or Christ
- 1 Peter 2:6 Or capstone
- 1 Peter 2:6 Cf. Isa 28:16
- 1 Peter 2:7 Or capstone
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