1 Peter 2:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

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  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone. 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 The stone which the builders refused has become the chief cornerstone. 23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous 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 offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
  • Dan 2:34 : 34 You watched until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
  • Dan 2:45 : 45 For as much as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving, says the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
  • Zech 4:7 : 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who 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 show judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
  • Mark 12:10-11 : 10 Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
  • Luke 20:17-18 : 17 And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone? 18 Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.
  • John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he who comes to me I will by no means cast out.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live: 26 And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?
  • Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  • John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.

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

    6Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.

    7Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,

    8And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

    9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

    10Who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

    11Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;

  • Acts 4:11
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    11This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.

  • 1 Pet 2:2-3
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    2As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

    3If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22The stone which the builders refused has become the chief cornerstone.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone:

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone?

    18Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

  • 1 Pet 1:18-23
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    18Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

    19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

    20He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

    21Who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

    23Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;

    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

    22In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

  • Isa 28:16
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    16Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;

    33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.

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    1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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

    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    4To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

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    10According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it.

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

    12Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw;

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials:

    7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

  • 2 Pet 1:1
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    1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

  • Matt 21:44
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    44And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • 1 Pet 4:12
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    12Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you:

  • 1 Pet 5:4
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    4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive a crown of glory that does not fade away.

  • 1 Cor 1:28
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    28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are:

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  • Jude 1:17
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  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.