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To you who believe and depend on Him, He is precious; but to you who don’t, remember the words of the psalmist:

The stone that the builders rejected
    has been laid as the cornerstone—the very stone that holds together the entire foundation,[a]

and of Isaiah:

A stone that blocks their way,
    a rock that trips them.[b]

They stumble because they don’t follow the word of God, as they were destined to do.

But you are a chosen people, set aside to be a royal order of priests, a holy nation, God’s own; so that you may proclaim the wondrous acts of the One who called you out of inky darkness into shimmering light.

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