1 Peter 2:4-6

Lexham English Bible

⁴to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God. ⁵And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶For it stands in scripture,

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^[a]