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1 Peter 2:4
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
1 Peter 2:4 · Berean Standard Bible
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1 Peter 2:4 in other translations
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
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In context
1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
7 To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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