1. So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
2. Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,
3. since you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4. Coming to Him, a living stone — rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God —
5. you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6. For it is contained in Scripture:Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in Himwill never be put to shame!
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,