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# You also are ... being built up to be a spiritual house
Just as people used stones to build the temple in the Old Testament, believers are the materials that God is using to build a house in which He will live.
# You also are like living stones
Peter compares his readers to stones that are alive.
# that are being built up to be a spiritual house
"that God is building into a spiritual house"
# a holy priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices
Here the position of priesthood stands for the priests who fulfill its duties.