1 Peter 2:1-10 ▼

1 Renouncing therefore every kind of malice, and knavery, hypocrisy, envy, and detraction, as new-born infants desire that mystical milk,

2 which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

3 adhere to him as to a living stone,

4 which however rejected it is by men, is the precious stone, which God has chosen: and

5 you your selves are as so many living stones, you are the edifice, the spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, agreeable to God by Jesus Christ.

6 wherefore it is said in the scripture, I lay in Sion the principal stone of the angle, a choice one of great value: he that

7 trusts thereon shall not be confounded, it will prove an honour to you, who believe; but to the incredulous, the same stone, which is the chief of the angle,

8 and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby:

9 and this they were destin'd to, but you are the chosen race, you are kings and priests, the holy nation, the peculiar people, that you might display his glory, who called you out

10 of darkness into his marvellous light: you, who formerly were not a people, but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy,