1 Peter 2:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,

Cross References

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be disturbed.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one 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, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, you faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to You; For You are the Lord our God.

Daniel 2:34

You continued watching until a stone was broken off without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Daniel 2:45

Just as you saw that a stone was broken off from the mountain without hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is certain and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Zechariah 3:9

For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.

Zechariah 4:7

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

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen; My Beloved in whom My soul delights; I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

John 14:19

After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to 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 gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

John 5:40

and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

John 6:37

Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also 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 one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:4

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

1 Peter 1:19

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

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 2:7

This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers, “A stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone,”

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 1:4

Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust.