⁴ Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and

¹¹ This Jesus^[a] is

¹² “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”^(B)

⁷ This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,^[a]

⁹ For on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven facets, I will engrave its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.^(A)

Salutation

1 Simeon^[a] Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.^(A)

⁴ When Christ who is your^[a] life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.^(A)

¹⁰ For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.^(A)