1. So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
2. And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
3. if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.
4. So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight,
5. you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6. For it says in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”
7. So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
8. and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.