1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
3 if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.
4 So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight,
5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.