1 Peter 2:1
Verse 1 of 25. The 2nd of 5 chapters in 1 Peter, in The General Letters.
1Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
2as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow,
3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
5You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.