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1 Peter 2:4–6

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The Living Stone and a Chosen People

4As you come to him, the living Stonez—rejected by humans but chosen by Goda and precious to him—5you also, like living stones, are being builtb into a spiritual houseac to be a holy priesthood,d offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.e 6For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,

a chosen and precious cornerstone,f

and the one who trusts in him

will never be put to shame.”bg

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1 Peter 2:4–5: As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 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…

Footnotes

  1. aOr into a temple of the Spirit
  2. bIsaiah 28:16

Cross references

  1. zver 7
  2. aIsa 42:1
  3. bPr 9:1; 1 Co 3:9; Eph 2:20–22
  4. c1 Ti 3:15
  5. dver 9; Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6; Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
  6. ePhp 4:18; Heb 13:15
  7. fEph 2:20
  8. gIsa 28:16; Ro 9:32, 33; 10:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 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. For it stands in Scripture:

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,

a cornerstone chosen and precious,

and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by God—you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,

a chosen and honored cornerstone,

and the one who believes in him

will never be put to shame.

NLTNew Living Translation

You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor.

And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God. As the Scriptures say,

“I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem,

chosen for great honor,

and anyone who trusts in him

will never be disgraced.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God. And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture,

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone,

and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

KJV 1900King James Version

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.