1 Peter 2:4

American Standard Version (1901)

unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

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  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner. 12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner. 23 This is Jehovah's doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.
  • Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[ stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
  • Dan 2:34 : 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them in pieces.
  • Dan 2:45 : 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
  • Zech 4:7 : 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
  • Mark 12:10-11 : 10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; 11 This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?
  • Luke 20:17-18 : 17 But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner? 18 Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
  • John 5:26 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
  • John 5:40 : 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
  • John 6:37 : 37 All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
  • Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.
  • John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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  • 1 Pet 2:5-11
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    5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    6Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

    7For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

    8and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

    9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

    10who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

    11Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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    11He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

  • 1 Pet 2:2-3
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    2as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

    3if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

  • Ps 118:22
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    22The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

    18Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • 1 Pet 1:18-23
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    18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

    19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

    21who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

    23having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

    20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

    21in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;

    22in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

  • Isa 28:16
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    16therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[ stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

    33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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    1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

    2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

    3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

    11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

    7that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  • 2 Pet 1:1
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    1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:

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    44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

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    17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

  • 1 Pet 4:12
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    12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

  • 1 Pet 5:4
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    4And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

  • 1 Cor 1:28
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    28and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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    4For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.