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For this is contained in [a]Scripture:

(A)Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a (B)precious corner stone,
And he who believes upon [b]Him will not be put to shame.”

(C)This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,

(D)The stone which the builders (E)rejected,
This became the chief corner stone,”

and,

(F)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

(G)They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (H)and to this stumbling they were also appointed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:6 Or a scripture
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Or it

For it says in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who believes in him will certainly not be put to shame.[a]

Therefore, for you who believe, this is an honor. But for those who do not believe:

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,[b]

and,

a stone over which they stumble
and a rock over which they fall.[c]

Because they continue to disobey the word, they stumble over it. And that is the consequence appointed for them.

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