1 Peter 2:1-8 ▼

1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

3 if you have experienced the Lord's kindness.

4 So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,

5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For it says in scripture, |Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.|

7 So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.