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web @1Peter:2:4 @coming to him , a living stone , rejected indeed by men , but chosen by God , precious . web @1Peter:2:5 @You also , as living stones , are built up as a spiritual house , to be a holy priesthood , to offer up spiritual sacrifices , acceptable to God through Jesus Christ . web @1Peter:2:6 @Because it is contained in Scripture , "Behold , I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone , chosen , and precious : He who believes in him will not be disappointed ." {Isaiah strkjv @28:16 } web @1Peter:2:7 @For you who believe therefore is the honor , but for those who are disobedient , "The stone which the builders rejected , has become the chief cornerstone ," {Psalm strkjv @118:22 } web @1Peter:2:8 @and , "a stone of stumbling , and a rock of offense ." {Isaiah strkjv @8:14 } For they stumble at the word , being disobedient , to which also they were appointed . web @1Peter:2:9 @But you are a chosen race , a royal priesthood , a holy nation , a people for God 's own possession , that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light : web @1Peter:2:10 @who in time past were no people , but now are God 's people , who had not obtained mercy , but now have obtained mercy . web @1Peter:2:11 @Beloved , I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims , to abstain from fleshly lusts , which war against the soul ; web @1Peter:2:12 @having good behavior among the nations , so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers , they may by your good works , which they see , glorify God in the day of visitation .

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