1 Peter 2:2-5

New International Version

² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^(A) so that by it you may grow up^(B) in your salvation, ³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(C)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone^(D)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(E) and precious to him— ⁵ 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)