(A)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual (B)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have (C)tasted that the Lord is good.

As you come to him, a living stone (D)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (E)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (F)a spiritual house, to be (G)a holy priesthood, (H)to offer spiritual sacrifices (I)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(A) so that by it you may grow up(B) in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(C)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit