1 Peter 2:6 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁶ For it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I place in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, precious, and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to shame."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall never be disappointed or put to shame. [Isa. 28:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

Common English Bible

⁶ Thus it is written in scripture, “Look! I am laying a cornerstone in Zion, chosen, valuable. The person who believes in him will never be shamed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Because of this, Scripture asserts: "Behold, I am setting in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious. And whoever will have believed in him will not be confounded."

1 Peter 2:6 Cross References

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.

Mark 12:10

Have you not even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

Luke 20:17

Then He looked at them and said, "What then is this which is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone'?

Luke 23:35

And the people stood, observing. And the rulers with them also were sneering, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the elect of God."

John 7:38

He that believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water."

Acts 1:16

"Men, brothers; it was necessary [for] this Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

Romans 10:11

For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame."

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,

Ephesians 2:20

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

1 Peter 2:4

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

1 Peter 2:8

and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense."They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

2 Peter 1:20

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture comes about [from] one's own interpretation,

2 Peter 3:16

as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.