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As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by God—5 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. 6 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.,i

7 So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—

this one has become the cornerstone,,j

8 and

A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.,k

They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.

9 But you are a chosen race,,K, a royal priesthood,,n a holy nation,,o a people for his possession,,p so that you may proclaim the praises,P, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.