1 Peter 2:4-8

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⁴As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by^[a] God— ⁵you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood^[b] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God^(A) through Jesus Christ. ⁶For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,^(B)
a chosen and honored^[c] cornerstone,^(C)
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.^[d]^(D)

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

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

⁸and

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

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

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Footnotes

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

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