1 Peter 2:1-9

1So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .

2As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—

3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

4As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,

5you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.

6For it says in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen, precious cornerstone. Whoever trusts in Him will never be put to shame.”

7Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One has become the chief cornerstone,”

8and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.

9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.