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1 Peter 2:7-9
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7 Therefore the honor is for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected,
this one has become the cornerstone[a],”

8 and

“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,”[b]

who stumble because they[c] disobey the word to which also they were consigned. 9 But you are a chosen race,[d] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Literally “into the head of the corner”
  2. 1 Peter 2:8 A quotation from Isa 8:14
  3. 1 Peter 2:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“disobey”) which is understood as causal
  4. 1 Peter 2:9 Or “people,” or “generation,” or “nation”
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