1 Peter 2:4

A Living Stone, A Chosen People

³ if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. ⁴ And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, ⁵ you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Approved by God

Chosen of God

Elect of God

In the Sight of God

Living Stone

With God

O God

1 Peter 2:7

This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”

Psalm 118:22-23

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.

Isaiah 8:14-15

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 55:3

“Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, O faithless sons,
I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.

Daniel 2:34

You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

Daniel 2:45

Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Zechariah 3:9

For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Zechariah 4:7

‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
‘The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Mark 12:10-11

Have you not even read this Scripture:
‘The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;

Luke 20:17-18

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
‘The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone’?

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

John 5:40

and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

John 6:57

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

John 14:6

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

John 14:19

After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

Acts 4:11-12

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 1:19

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 1:4

For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.