1 Peter 2:5, 7, 9

you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.