1 Peter 2:2-10
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) 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,(J)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”[b](K)
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(L)
8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(P)
9 But you are a chosen people,(Q) a royal priesthood,(R) a holy nation,(S) God’s special possession,(T) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(U) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(V) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
- 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
- 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
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