1 Peter 2:1-9

1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

3if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.

4So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight,

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

6For it says in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”

7So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

8and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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