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1 Peter 2:4-9

4untowhomcomingG4334,alivingG2198stoneλίθονlithonG3037,rejectedἀποδεδοκιμασμένονapodedokimasmenonG593indeedμὲνmenG3303ofmenG444,butwithGodθεῷtheōG2316electG1588,preciousἔντιμον,entimonG1784,

5yealsoκαὶkaiG2532,aslivingG2198stonesG3037,arebuiltG3618upaspiritualπνευματικὸςpneumatikosG4152houseοἶκοςoikosG3624,tobeaholyἅγιονhagionG40priesthoodἱεράτευμαhi'erateumaG2406,toofferἀνενέγκαιanenegkaiG399upspiritualπνευματικὰςpneumatikasG4152sacrificesG2378,acceptableεὐπροσδέκτουςeuprosdektousG2144toGodθεῷtheōG2316throughJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ.ChristouG5547.

6Becauseitiscontainedinscriptureγραφῇ·graphēaG1124,BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,IlayinZionΣιὼνSiōnG4622achiefcornerstoneλίθονlithonG3037,electG1588,preciousἔντιμον,entimonG1784:AndhethatbelievethonhimshallnotbeputG5087toshameκαταισχυνθῇ.kataischunthēaG2617.

7ForyouthereforeοὖνounG3767thatbelieveG4100isthepreciousness:butforsuchasdisbelieve,ThestoneλίθοςlithosG3037whichthebuildersrejectedἀπεδοκίμασανapedokimasanG593,ThesamewasmadetheheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776ofthecornerγωνίαςgōniasG1137;

8and,AstoneλίθοςlithosG3037ofstumbling,andarockπέτραpetraG4073ofoffence;fortheystumbleatthewordλόγῳlogōG3056, beingdisobedientἀπειθοῦντες,apeithountesG544: whereuntoalsoG2532theywereappointedἐτέθησαν·etethēsanG5087.

9ButyeareanelectG1588raceγένοςgenosG1085,aroyalpriesthoodἱεράτευμα,hi'erateumaG2406,aholyἅγιον,hagionG40nationἔθνοςethnosG1484,apeopleλαὸςlaosG2992forGod’sownpossessionπεριποίησιν,peripoiēsinG4047,thatyemayshow forththeexcellenciesofhimwhocalledκαλέσαντοςkalesantosG2564yououtofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655intohismarvellouslightφῶς·phōsG5457:

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