2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow,
3 if it is true that you have experienced that the Lord is good.
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone who is rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For also it is contained in the Scripture, “Look! I lay in Ziona chief cornerstone, elect, precious,and he who believes in Himshall never be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious. But to those who are disobedient, “The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone,”
8 and, “A stone of stumbling,and a rock of offense.”They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.