1 Peter 2:5–9

5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthoodE to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Godf through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,g

a chosen and honoredF cornerstone,h

and the one who believes in him

will never be put to shame.G,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,H,j

8 and

A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.I,k

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

9 But you are a chosen race,J,K,m a royal priesthood,L,n a holy nation,M,o a people for his possession,N,p so that you may proclaim the praisesO,P,q of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.r

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E	Or you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood
f	Ro 12:1 Heb 13:15
g	Ps 9:11 Heb 12:22
F	Or precious
h	Eph 2:20
G	Is 28:16 *
i	Is 28:16 Ro 9:33 Ro 10:11
H	Ps 118:22
j	Ps 118:22 Mt 21:42 Lk 20:17 Ac 4:11
I	Is 8:14
k	Is 8:14 Ro 9:33 Ro 14:20
l	Ac 2:23 Ac 4:27–28 Ro 9:22 Ro 11:7 Jud 4
J	Or generation, or nation
K	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20 *
m	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20
L	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 * Is 61:6
n	Is 61:6 Re 1:6 Re 5:10 Re 20:6
M	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 *
o	Ex 19:6
N	Ex 19:5 Ex 23:22 * Dt 4:20 Dt 7:6 Is 43:21 *
p	Ex 34:9 Dt 7:6 Ps 33:12 Is 43:21 Tt 2:14
O	Or the mighty deeds
P	Is 42:12 Is 43:21
q	Is 42:12 Is 43:21
r	Is 9:2 Ac 26:18 Eph 5:8 Col 1:12–13