1 Peter 2:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

to 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,

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  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. 23 From Jehovah hath this been, It `is' wonderful in our eyes,
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus 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.
  • Mark 12:10-11 : 10 And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner: 11 from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 `This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner; 12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'
  • Acts 26:19 : 19 `Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'
  • Rom 15:31 : 31 that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that `is' for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?
  • Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; 8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith, 10 to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
  • Col 2:10 : 10 and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
  • Luke 20:17 : 17 and 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?
  • John 4:42 : 42 and said to the woman -- `No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'
  • John 6:68-69 : 68 Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during; 69 and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
  • Song 5:9-9 : 9 What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, O fair among women? What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us? 10 My beloved `is' clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad! 11 His head `is' pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven, 12 His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness. 13 His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips `are' lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, 14 His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, 15 His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars. 16 His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This `is' my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!
  • Isa 28:5 : 5 In that day is Jehovah of Hosts For a crown of beauty, and for a diadem of glory, To the remnant of His people.
  • Hag 2:7 : 7 And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come `to' the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house `with' honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Zech 4:7 : 7 Who `art' thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel -- for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace -- `are' to it.'
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field. 45 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, 46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

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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.

    6Wherefore, 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;'

  • 1 Pet 2:8-10
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    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;

    10who `were' once not a people, and `are' now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

  • Acts 4:10-11
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    10be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.

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

  • Ps 118:22
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    22A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

  • Luke 20:17-18
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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.'

  • Mark 12:10-11
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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.'

  • Matt 21:42
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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.

  • 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.'

  • Matt 21:44
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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 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.

  • Eph 2:20-22
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    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.

  • 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;

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  • 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,

    8whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

  • 1 Pet 1:18-21
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    18having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

    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.

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

  • Rom 11:30
    65%

    30for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

  • 1 Cor 1:23
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    23also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10And the foundation `is' of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

  • Isa 30:12
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    12Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,

  • 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.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

  • 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.'

  • 2 Pet 1:1
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    1Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Cor 1:28
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    28and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --

  • Acts 2:23
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    23this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;

  • Hab 2:11
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    11For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

  • 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,

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

  • Jude 1:5
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    5and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;