1 Peter 2:1-7 ▼

1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander,

2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby to salvation,

3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good:

4 coming to him, a living stone, though rejected by people but chosen by God, precious.

5 You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 Because it is contained in Scripture, |Look, I am laying in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.|

7 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who do not believe, |The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,|