1 Peter 2:1-9

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The Living Stone and a Holy People

2 Therefore, rid yourselves of^(A) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.^(B) ²Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,^[a]^(C) so that by it you may grow up into your salvation, ³if you have tasted^(D) that the Lord is good.^[b]^(E) ⁴As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by^[c] God— ⁵you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood^[d] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God^(F) through Jesus Christ. ⁶For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,^(G)
a chosen and honored^[e] cornerstone,^(H)
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.^[f]^(I)

⁷So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—
this one has become the cornerstone,^[g]^(J)

⁸and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.^[h]^(K)

They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined^(L) for this.

⁹But you are a chosen race,^[i]^[j]^(M) a royal priesthood,^[k]^(N) a holy nation,^[l]^(O) a people for his possession,^[m]^(P) so that you may proclaim the praises^[n]^[o]^(Q) of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.^(R)

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Footnotes

2:2 Or desire pure spiritual milk
2:3 Ps 34:8
2:4 Or precious to
2:5 Or you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
2:6 Or precious
2:6 Is 28:16 LXX
2:7 Ps 118:22
2:8 Is 8:14
2:9 Or generation, or nation
2:9 Dt 7:6; 10:15; Is 43:20 LXX
2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX; Is 61:6
2:9 Ex 19:6; 23:22 LXX
2:9 Ex 19:5; 23:22 LXX; Dt 4:20; 7:6; Is 43:21 LXX
2:9 Or the mighty deeds
2:9 Is 42:12; 43:21

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