1 Peter 2:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

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  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling, 33 according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,
  • Zech 10:4 : 4 From him `is' a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 `Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 every Writing `is' God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that `is' in righteousness,
  • Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images. 17 Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!
  • John 7:38 : 38 he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'
  • Dan 10:21 : 21 but I declare to thee that which is noted down in the Writing of Truth, and there is not one strengthening himself with me, concerning these, except Michael your head.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 `Men, brethren, it behoved this Writing that it be fulfilled that beforehand the Holy Spirit spake through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus,
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.
  • 2 Pet 1:20 : 20 this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

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    7to you, then, who are believing `is' the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

    8and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

    9and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

  • 1 Pet 2:3-5
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    3if so be ye did taste that the Lord `is' gracious,

    4to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

    5and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Isa 28:16
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    16Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

    33according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

  • Acts 4:11
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    11`This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

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

    21in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord,

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

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    22A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

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    10And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

    11from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

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    17and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?

    18every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

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    42Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it',

    11for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

    12and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

  • Rom 10:11
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    11for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

    15And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

  • 1 Pet 1:19-21
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    19but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

    20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

    21who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

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    44and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

  • Isa 54:11
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    11O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

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    6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

    7that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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  • Acts 2:30
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    30a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

  • Acts 15:15
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  • Hab 2:11
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  • Heb 5:6
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  • 1 Pet 1:2
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    2according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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  • Acts 2:25
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    10And the foundation `is' of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

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    35wherefore also in another `place' he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

  • Acts 2:36
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    36assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him -- this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

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    16because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,