As you come to him, a living stone #— #rejected by people but chosen and honored by God #— # you 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. For 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. ,
So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,
The stone that the builders rejected —
this one has become the cornerstone, ,
and
A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over. ,
They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.
But 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. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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