The Living Stone and a Chosen People
"As you come to him, the living Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him-you also, like living stone, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ... "See, I lay a stone in Zion,... But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light..." 1 PETER 2:4-12
"As you come to him, the living Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him-you also, like living stone, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ... "See, I lay a stone in Zion,... But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light..." 1 PETER 2:4-12