1 Peter 2:1–10 · BSB
2:1
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2:2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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2:3
now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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