1 Peter 2:4-7 ▼

4 As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,

5 you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.

6 This is why it says in Scripture: |Look! I am laying a chosen, precious cornerstone in Zion. The one who believes in him will never be ashamed.|

7 Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe, |The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,