1. Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
2. as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,
3. if so be ye did taste that the Lord [is] gracious,
4. to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,
5. and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.