⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^z—rejected by humans but chosen by God^a and precious to him—⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^b into a spiritual house^a^c 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.”^b^g

⁷Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,^h

“The stone the builders rejectedⁱ

has become the cornerstone,”^c^j

⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble

and a rock that makes them fall.”^d^k

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^l

⁹But you are a chosen people,^m a royal priesthood,ⁿ a holy nation,^o God’s special possession,^p that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^q ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^r once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Read in Logos

1 Peter 2:7: So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone …”

Footnotes

aOr into a temple of the Spirit
b Isaiah 28:16
c Psalm 118:22
d Isaiah 8:14

Cross references

zver 7
a Isa 42:1
b Pr 9:1; 1 Co 3:9; Eph 2:20–22
c 1 Ti 3:15
dver 9; Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6; Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
e Php 4:18; Heb 13:15
f Eph 2:20
g Isa 28:16; Ro 9:32, 33; 10:11
h 2 Co 2:16
iver 4
j Ps 118:22; See Ac 4:11
k Isa 8:14; See Lk 2:34
l Ro 9:22
m Dt 10:15; 1 Sa 12:22
nver 5
o Ex 19:6; Dt 7:6; Isa 62:12
pSee Tit 2:14
qSee Ac 26:18
r Hos 1:9, 10; 2:23; Ro 9:25, 26