Therefore Lord YHWH says, “Look, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes will not by hurried.
1 Peter 2:4 - Y'all Version Bible As y’all come to him, the living stone, rejected by humans but chosen and precious to 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: |
Therefore Lord YHWH says, “Look, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes will not by hurried.
“Look, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
Turn y’all’s ear and come to me. Listen, and y’all’s soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with y’all, even the sure mercies of David.
“Return, y’all backsliding children, and I will heal y’all’s backsliding.” “Look, we have come to you, for you are YHWH our God.
You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
Notice the stone that I have set before Joshua: on that one stone are seven eyes. See, I will engrave its inscription,’ says YHWH Almighty, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
“Y’all come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give y’all rest.
“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the ethnic groups.
Jesus said to them, “Have y’all never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
In a little while, the world will see me no more, but y’all will see me. Because I live, y’all will live also.
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 ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ, so ʜᴇ gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. Whoever comes to me, I will never send away.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will also live because of me.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of ʜɪꜱ Son, how much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
When Christ, who is your* life, is revealed, then y’all will also be revealed with him in glory.
that the proof of y’all’s faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
This precious value, therefore, is for y’all who believe. But for those who disbelieve, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Through these things ʜᴇ has granted to us ʜɪꜱ precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them y’all may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption of the world caused by evil desire.