1 Peter 2:4

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Summary

1 Peter 2:4

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

To

John 6:37

A living

Stone

Disallowed

Chosen

Isaiah 42:1

Matthew 12:18

Precious

1 Peter 2:7

1 Peter 1:7

2 Peter 1:1

General references

Matthew 12:6

Bible References

To

Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the LORD our God.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

A living

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Stone

therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'

As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"

Disallowed

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Have you not read this Scripture: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.

Chosen

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Precious

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,"

so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

General references

I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.