1Peter:2:5-9
emtv@1Peter:2:5 @ you also, as living stones, are being built [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
emtv@1Peter:2:6 @ For it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I place in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, precious, and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to shame."
emtv@1Peter:2:7 @ Therefore, to you who believe, [He] is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,"
emtv@1Peter:2:8 @ and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense."They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
emtv@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 excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;