1 Peter 2:5-6

2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer ¹  spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2:6 For it says ²  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ³  and whoever believes ⁴  in him ⁵  will never ⁶  be put to shame.” ⁷ 

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¹ tn Grk “unto a holy priesthood to offer.”

² tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁴ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

⁵ tn Grk either “in him” or “in it,” but the OT and NT uses personify the stone as the King, the Messiah whom God will establish in Jerusalem.

⁶ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.