Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight,

For it says in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.