you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood[a] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(A) through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,(B)
a chosen and honored[b] cornerstone,(C)
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.[c](D)

So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—
this one has become the cornerstone,[d](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 Or you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
  2. 2:6 Or precious
  3. 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX
  4. 2:7 Ps 118:22

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