1 Peter 2:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and made honourable by God:

1 Peter 2:4 Cross References

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus says the Lord God, “See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: ‘One who trusts will not panic.’

Isaiah 42:1

Here is 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.

Isaiah 55:3

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

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. “Here we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

Daniel 2:34

As you looked on, a stone was cut out, not by human hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces.

Daniel 2:45

just as you saw that a stone was cut from the mountain not by hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has informed the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain and its interpretation trustworthy.”

Zechariah 3:9

For on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven facets, I will engrave its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.

Zechariah 4:7

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain, and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:18

“Here is 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.

Matthew 21:42

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 amazing in our eyes’?

John 14:19

In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and 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 also to have life in himself,

John 5:40

Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

John 6:37

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away,

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats 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 surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.

1 Corinthians 3:11

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:4

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

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 2:7

This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,”

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 1:4

Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.