1. Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander;
2. like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation,
3. for you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4. Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God,
5. and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.