1 So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
2 Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,
3 since you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 Coming to Him, a living stone — rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God —
5 you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it is contained in Scripture:Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in Himwill never be put to shame!
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,