1 Peter 2:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

A stone

Whereunto

General references

Luke 7:23

John 16:1

1 Corinthians 3:11

Bible References

A stone

Simeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother: "This child is appointed to be the cause of the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign much spoken against--

And why? Because they looked to obedience, and not to faith, to secure it. They stumbled over 'the Stumbling-block.'

We are proclaiming Christ crucified!-to the Jews an obstacle, to the Gentiles mere folly,

To the latter we are an odor which arises from death and tells of Death; to the former an odor which arises from life and tells of Life. But who is equal to such a task?

Whereunto

And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,

For God destined us, not for Wrath, but to win Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us,

In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their Sentence has not been standing idle, nor their Ruin slumbering.

For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.

General references

And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me."

I have spoken to you in this way so that you may not falter.

For no man can lay any other foundation than the one already laid-Jesus Christ.