1 Peter 2:1-10 ▼

1 So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

2 Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

3 since you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4 Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—

5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For it is contained in Scripture: Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame!

7 So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this One has become the cornerstone,

8 and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.