Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

For You Are Being Built Upon The Living Cornerstone As a Holy Priesthood

⁴ ... coming to Whom as the living Stone having been rejected by people, but chosen, precious with God, ⁵ you yourselves also as living stones are being built^[a] as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Because it is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying a Stone in Zion— a chosen, precious Cornerstone. And the one putting-faith upon Him will never be put-to-shame” [Isa 28:16]. ⁷ The precious-value then is for you, the ones believing. But for ones not-believing: “The Stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head^[b] of the corner” [Ps 118:22] ⁸ and “a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of ^[c] falling” [Isa 8:14]— who stumble while^[d] disobeying the word, to which indeed they were appointed^[e].

And You Are Chosen By God To Report His Virtues To The World

⁹ And you are a chosen family^[f], a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may report the virtues^[g] of the One having called you out of darkness into His marvelous light— ¹⁰ who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; the ones not having received-mercy, but now having received-mercy.