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1 Peter 2:3-5
New Testament for Everyone
1 Peter 2:3-5
New Testament for Everyone
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
The living stone
4 Come to him, to that living stone. Humans rejected him, but God chose him and values him very highly! 5 Like living stones yourselves, you are being built up into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices that will be well pleasing to God through Jesus the Messiah.
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1 Peter 2:3-5
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1 Peter 2:3-5
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3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(A)
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(B)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(C) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(D) into a spiritual house[a](E) to be a holy priesthood,(F) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(G)
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- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
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