1 Peter 2:3-5

New International Version

³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(A)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone^(B)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(C) and precious to him— ⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built^(D) into a spiritual house^[a](E) to be a holy priesthood,^(F) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(G)