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1 Peter 2:4-12
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
1Pe 2:4 As you come to him, the living Stonef—rejected by men but chosen by Godg and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being builth into a spiritual housei to be a holy priesthood,j offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.k 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,l
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”1m 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,n
“The stone the builders rejectedo
has become the capstone,2’”3p 8 and,
“A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”4q
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.r
1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen people,s a royal priesthood,t a holy nation,u a people belonging to God,v that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.w 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;x once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1Pe 2:11 Dear friends,y I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world,z to abstain from sinful desires,a which war against your soul.b 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deedsc and glorify Godd on the day he visits us.
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