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Because it is contained in Scripture,

“Behold,[a] I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious:
    He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”Isaiah 28:16

For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the chief cornerstone,”Psalm 118:22

and,

“a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.”Isaiah 8:14

For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה” or “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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.”[a]

Therefore the honor is for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected,
this one has become the cornerstone[b],”

and

“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,”[c]

who stumble because they[d] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:6 A quotation from Isa 28:16
  2. 1 Peter 2:7 Literally “into the head of the corner”
  3. 1 Peter 2:8 A quotation from Isa 8:14
  4. 1 Peter 2:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“disobey”) which is understood as causal