1 Peter 2:4
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- KJV
- To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
- WEB
- Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
- ASV
- unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
- DARBY
- To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
- BLB
- Coming to [Him], a living stone, indeed rejected by men but chosen [and] precious with God,
- ÅB
- Kom til ham, den levende stein, som vel ble forkastet av mennesker, men er utvalgt og kostelig for Gud,
- OTB
- Og kom til Ham, den levende stein, som er forkastet av mennesker, men utvalgt og dyrebar for Gud,
- B1930
- Kom til ham, den levende sten, som vel blev forkastet av mennesker, men er utvalgt og kostelig for Gud,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 118:22–23
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in contextActs 4:11–12
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Read in context1 Peter 2:7
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Read in contextIsaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Read in contextLuke 20:17–18
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Read in contextZechariah 3:9
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
Read in contextMark 12:10–11
Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in contextDaniel 2:34
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
Read in context