therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
1 Peter 2:4 - English Standard Version 2016 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, Common English Bible 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 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 Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and made honourable by God: |
therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Behold 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.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
“Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
“Behold, 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.
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 marvelous in our eyes’?
Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.