Nepsis

Therefore it stands
in scripture:
Behold, I set a stone, in Zion,
a cornerstone, chosen and honoured,
and the one who believes upon him,
will never ever be disgraced.¹

So to you who believe – (there is) honour
but to those are not believing
(the) stone which the builders rejected
this one has become the cornerstone²
and
a stone that causes stumbling
and a rock to fall over³
– (they are) the ones who stumble
(because) they disobey the word
with the result that is ‘set‘.

1. Isa 28:16 ↩︎
2. Psalm 118:22 ↩︎
3. Isa 8:14 ↩︎

Take from us,
O God, all pride and vanity,
all boasting and self-assertion,
and give us the true courage that shows itself in gentleness,
the true wisdom that shows itself in simplicity,
and the true power that shows itself in modesty.

Charles Kingsley