1 Peter 2:4
Good News Translation
Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected by people as worthless but chosen by God as valuable.

New Revised Standard Version
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and

Contemporary English Version
Come to Jesus Christ. He is the living stone people have rejected, but which God has chosen and highly honored.

New American Bible
Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God:

To.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Jeremiah 3:22 Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

John 5:40 And you will not come to me that you may have life.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out.

a living.

John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.

John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.

John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: . . .

John 14:6,19 Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. . . .

Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

stone.

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

Daniel 2:34,45 Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. . . .

Zechariah 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Jesus: upon one stone there are seven eyes: behold I will grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will take away the iniquity of that land in one day.

Zechariah 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

disallowed.

Psalm 118:22,23 The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner. . . .

Isaiah 8:14,15 And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. . . .

Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Mark 12:10,11 And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner: . . .

Luke 20:17,18 But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? . . .

Acts 4:11,12 This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. . . .

chosen.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

precious.

1 Peter 2:7 To you therefore that believe, he is honour: but to them that believe not, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

1 Peter 1:7,19 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ. . . .

2 Peter 1:1,4 Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ: to them that have obtained equal faith with us in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. . . .

Context
The Living Stone
3If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet. 4Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God: 5Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.…
Cross References
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 3:11
For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 2:7
To you therefore that believe, he is honour: but to them that believe not, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

1 Peter 2:3
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