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.”
7 Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.