Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
1 Peter 2:4 - The Text-Critical English New Testament As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God, 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: |
Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
“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 declare 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 amazing in our eyes’?
Yet a little while and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, 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 to have life in himself.
Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and I will never cast out anyone who comes to me.
Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me will also live because of me.
For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more will we be saved by his life now that we have been reconciled!
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one that has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
so that the proven character of your faith—far more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire—may result in praise, honor, and glory when Jesus Christ is revealed.
This precious value is for you who believe, but to those who are disobedient, “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 as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Through these he has given us his precious and magnificent 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 evil desires.