1. So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .
2. As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—
3. now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4. As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,
5. you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.
6. For it says in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen, precious cornerstone. Whoever trusts in Him will never be put to shame.”
7. Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One has become the chief cornerstone,”
8. and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.