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1 Renouncing therefore every kind of malice, and knavery, hypocrisy, envy, and detraction, as new-born infants desire that mystical milk, 2 which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is, 3 adhere to him as to a living stone, 4 which however rejected it is by men, is the precious stone, which God has chosen: and 5 you your selves are as so many living stones, you are the edifice, the spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, agreeable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 wherefore it is said in the scripture, I lay in Sion the principal stone of the angle, a choice one of great value: he that 7 trusts thereon shall not be confounded, it will prove an honour to you, who believe; but to the incredulous, the same stone, which is the chief of the angle, 8 and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby: 1 Peter 2:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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