‏ 1 Peter 2:8-9

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a“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, bas they were destined to do.

9But you are ca chosen race, da royal epriesthood, fa holy nation, ga people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you hout of darkness into ihis marvelous light.
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