⁴ Come to the Lord Jesus, the ·“stone” that lives [^La living stone; ^CJesus is the most important stone in the spiritual temple described in v. 5]. ·The people of the world did not want this stone, but he was the stone God chose, and he was precious [^L…rejected by people, but chosen and precious/valuable to God]. ⁵ You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual ·temple [house]—to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices that are ·acceptable [pleasing] to God ·through [or because they are mediated by] Jesus Christ.