1 Peter 2:4 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴ Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

Common English Bible

⁴ 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God,

1 Peter 2:4 Cross References

Matthew 11:28

Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, 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 will announce justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

John 14:19

"Yet a little while and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.

John 14:6

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

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

John 5:40

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

John 6:37

All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

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.

1 Corinthians 3:11

For no other foundation can anyone lay, other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:4

Whenever Christ [who is] our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

1 Peter 1:19

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

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:7

Therefore, to you who believe, [He] is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,"

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by [the] righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 1:4

through which have been given to us precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through these we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.