1 Peter Chapter 1

²² Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
²³ For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
²⁴ For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter Chapter 2

¹ Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. The Living Stone and a Chosen People
⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—
⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
⁶ For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
⁷ Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,"
⁸ and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

(NIV)

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