ἔντιμος

A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”