1 Peter 2:5–11

5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthoodH 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 honoredI cornerstone,h

and the one who believes in him

will never be put to shame.J,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,K,j

8 and

A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.L,k

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

9 But you are a chosen race,M,N,m a royal priesthood,O,n a holy nation,P,o a people for his possession,Q,p so that you may proclaim the praisesR,S,q of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.r 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy,s but now you have received mercy.

A CALL TO GOOD WORKS

11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exilest to abstainu from sinfulv desires that wage war against the soul.w

H	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
I	Or precious
h	Eph 2:20
J	Is 28:16 *
i	Is 28:16 Ro 9:33 Ro 10:11
K	Ps 118:22
j	Ps 118:22 Mt 21:42 Lk 20:17 Ac 4:11
L	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
M	Or generation, or nation
N	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20 *
m	Dt 7:6 Dt 10:15 Is 43:20
O	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 * Is 61:6
n	Is 61:6 Re 1:6 Re 5:10 Re 20:6
P	Ex 19:6 Ex 23:22 *
o	Ex 19:6
Q	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
R	Or the mighty deeds
S	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
s	Mt 5:7 Mk 5:19 Lk 1:50
t	1 Pe 1:1
u	1 Ti 4:3
v	Ro 7:23 Php 3:3
w	Ga 5:17 Jas 4:1