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As you come to him, a living stone – rejected by people but chosen and honoured by[a] God –  you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood[b] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God(A) through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,(B)
a chosen and honoured[c] cornerstone,(C)
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.[d](D)

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  1. 2:4 Or precious to
  2. 2:5 Or you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
  3. 2:6 Or precious
  4. 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX