1 So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .
2 As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua.
6 For it says in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen, precious cornerstone. Whoever trusts in Him will never be put to shame.”