1 Peter 2:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)4 You should come to Him, who is a living stone, rejected by people, but chosen as precious in God’s sight. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone which men tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God's sight. [Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16.] See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, See the chapterCommon English Bible4 Now you are coming to him as to a living stone. Even though this stone was rejected by humans, from God’s perspective it is chosen, valuable. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version4 And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God, See the chapter |
Jesus [then] said to the leading priests and elders of the Jewish people, “Did you not ever read in the Scriptures [Psa. 118:22-23], ‘The building block rejected by the builders is the same one that was made the principal stone by which the entire building was aligned. This was planned by the Lord and is a marvelous thing to us’?