1 Peter 2:5-7

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⁵^(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^(B)a spiritual house, to be ^(C)a holy priesthood, ^(D)to offer spiritual sacrifices ^(E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶For it stands in Scripture:

^(F)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
^(G)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

⁷So the honor is for you who ^(H)believe, but for those who ^(I)do not believe,

^(J)“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”^[a]

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1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

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