1 Peter 1:18-2:5

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸knowing that you were not ^[a]^(A)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(B)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹but with precious ^(C)blood, as of a ^(D)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ²⁰For He was ^(E)foreknown before ^(F)the foundation of the world, but has ^(G)appeared ^[b]in these last times ^(H)for the sake of you ²¹who through Him are ^(I)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(J)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(K)hope are in God.

²²Since you have ^(L)purified your souls ^(M)in obedience to the truth for a ^(N)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from ^[c]the heart, ²³for you have been ^(O)born again ^(P)not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring ^(Q)word of God. ²⁴For,

“^(R)All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory is like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
²⁵^(S)But the word of the Lord endures forever.”

And this is ^(T)the word which was ^[d]preached to you.

As Newborn Babes

2 Therefore, ^(U)rid yourselves of all ^[e]malice and all deceit and ^[f]hypocrisy and ^[g]envy and all ^[h]^(V)slander, ²^(W)and like newborn babies, long for the ^[i]^(X)pure ^[j]milk of the word, so that by it you may ^(Y)grow ^[k]in respect to salvation, ³if you have ^(Z)tasted ^[l]^(AA)the kindness of the Lord.

As Living Stones

⁴And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been ^(AB)rejected by people, but is ^[m]choice and precious in the sight of God, ⁵^(AC)you also, as living stones, ^[n]are being built up as a ^(AD)spiritual house for a holy ^(AE)priesthood, to ^(AF)offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.