1 Peter 2:7-9

71This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “2The stone which the builders 3rejected, This became the very corner stone,” 8and, “4A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; 5for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, 6and to this doom they were also appointed.

9But you are 7a chosen race, a royal 8priesthood, a 9holy nation, 10a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you 11out of darkness into His marvelous light;