19 So then you are no longer (A)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (B)fellow citizens with the saints and (C)members of the household of God, 20 (D)built on the foundation of the (E)apostles and prophets, (F)Christ Jesus himself being (G)the cornerstone, 21 (H)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (I)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (J)you also are being built together (K)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (B)a spiritual house, to be (C)a holy priesthood, (D)to offer spiritual sacrifices (E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

(F)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious,
(G)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

So the honor is for you who (H)believe, but for those who (I)do not believe,

(J)“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”[a]

and

(K)“A stone of stumbling,
    and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, (L)as they were destined to do.

But you are (M)a chosen race, (N)a royal (O)priesthood, (P)a holy nation, (Q)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (R)out of darkness into (S)his marvelous light. 10 (T)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Beloved, I urge you (U)as sojourners and exiles (V)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, (W)which wage war against your soul. 12 (X)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (Y)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (Z)the day of visitation.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

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