1 Peter 2:4-11
Tree of Life Version
[a] 4 As you come to Him, a living stone[b] rejected by men but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house—a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Messiah Yeshua. 6 For it says in Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone,
a chosen, precious cornerstone.
Whoever trusts in Him
will never be put to shame.”[c]
7 Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust,
“The stone which the builders rejected—
this One has become the chief cornerstone,”[d]
8 and
“a stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”[e]
They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.[f]
10 Once you were “not a people,”
but now you are “God’s people.”
You were shown “no mercy,”
but now you have been shown “mercy.”[g]
11 Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.
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- 1 Peter 2:4 cf. Ps. 34:8(34:8 LXX).
- 1 Peter 2:4 cf. Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16.
- 1 Peter 2:6 Isa. 28:16.
- 1 Peter 2:7 Ps. 118:22.
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isa. 8:14.
- 1 Peter 2:9 cf. Exod. 19:5-6; Isa. 42:6.
- 1 Peter 2:10 Hos. 1:10; 2:23.
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