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a stone they stumble over
    and a rock they trip on.”[a]

They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds[b] of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are the people of God.
Once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Cf. Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14
  2. 1 Peter 2:9 Or the excellence; cf. Isa 43:21

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

But you are a chosen people,(C) a royal priesthood,(D) a holy nation,(E) God’s special possession,(F) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(G) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(H) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14