1 Peter 2:8

1 Peter 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• New International Version (NIV)and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

Context of 1 Peter 2:8

6For it stands in Scripture: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame. 7So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected — this one has become the cornerstone, and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this. 9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 2:8 word by word

καὶ λίθος προσκόμματος καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου, οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ ἀπειθοῦντες, εἰς ὃ καὶ ἐτέθησαν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• a stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• of stumblingπρόσκομμαproskomma · stumbling blockG4348
• a rockπέτραpetra · rockG4073
• of offenceσκάνδαλονskandalon · stumbling blockG4625
• stumble atπροσκόπτωproskoptō · to strikeG4350
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• being disobedientἀπειθέωapeitheō · to disobeyG544
• whereuntoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• they were appointedτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:8

• Isaiah 8:14He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 57:14He said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way.”
• Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed —
• Romans 9:32Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
• 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.
• 2 Corinthians 2:16To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?
• 1 Peter 2:7So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected — this one has become the cornerstone,
• Exodus 9:16However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth.
• Romans 9:22And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Peter 2:3They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Jude 1:4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8A stone of stumbling - Because in him all Jews and Gentiles who believe are united; and because the latter were admitted into the Church, and called by the Gospel to enjoy the same privileges which the Jews, as the peculiar people of God, had enjoyed for two thousand years before; therefore they rejected the Christian religion, they would have no partakers with themselves in the salvation of God. This was the true cause why the Jews rejected the Gospel…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And a stone of stumbling - A stone over which they, stumble, or against which they impinge. The idea seems to be that of a cornerstone which projects from the building, against which they dash themselves, and by which they are made to fall. See the notes at Matthew 21:44. The rejection of the Saviour becomes the means of their ruin. They refuse to build on him, and it is as if one should run against a solid projecting cornerstone of a house, that would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8to this they were appointed: It is not clear whether God appointed these people to unbelief, or whether God appointed them to suffer condemnation because they refused to believe.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. stone of stumbling, &c.--quoted from Is 8:14. Not merely they stumbled, in that their prejudices were offended; but their stumbling implies the judicial punishment of their reception of Messiah; they hurt themselves in stumbling over the corner-stone, as "stumble" means in Jr 13:16; Da 11:19. at the word--rather, join "being disobedient to the word"; so 1Pe 3:1; 4:17. whereunto--to penal stumbling; to the judicial punishment of their unbelief. See…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:8

• Jesus Continued
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• Word of God

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings