1 Peter 2:1-9

1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

2Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,

3if you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4As you come to him, a living stone — rejected by people but chosen and honored by God —

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

6For it stands in Scripture: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.

7So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected — this one has become the cornerstone,

8and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.