1 Peter 2:4
To whom coming, as unto ga living hstone, idisallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
πρὸς ὃν προσερχόμενοι, λίθον ζῶντα, ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἀποδεδοκιμασμένον, παρὰ δὲ Θεῷ ἐκλεκτόν, ἔντιμον,
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John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son 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, even he shall live by me.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Ephesians 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Psalms 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 28:16 ¶Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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1 Peter 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
to which Christ.
by faith: q.d. In whom believing, Joh 6:35,44,45. The word is in the present tense, the apostle describing here not their first conversion to Christ, but their present state, that they, being in Christ, were daily coming to him in the continued exercise of their faith.
not, only having life in himself, but enlivening those that by faith adhere to him.
viz. a corner-stone, as 1Pe 2:6. Being about to set forth the church as a spiritual building, he first mentions Christ as the foundation, and corner-stone.
rejected, not only by the unbelieving Jews and their rulers formerly, but still by the unbelieving world.
either chosen to be the foundation of the building, and then it is the same as foreordained, 1Pe 1:20; or chosen is the same as choice, excellent.
a different expression of the same thing. Here seems to be an allusion to those stones which men count precious, and have in great esteem; and Christ’s being precious in the sight of God, is set in opposition to his being disallowed of men, to intimate, that their unbelief, and rejecting Christ, doth not make him less valuable in himself, when his Father so much honours him.