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1 Peter 2:7
7This stone is very valuable to you who believe in Jesus. But the Bible says this about people who do not believe in him: ‘The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.’
1 Peter 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
- New International Version (NIV)Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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,"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,”
Context of 1 Peter 2:7
5You yourselves are also like stones that are alive. God is using you, like stones, to build a house where his Spirit lives. You will serve him like his special priests who offer sacrifices to him. God will be happy with the spiritual offerings that you give to him, because you belong to Jesus Christ. 6In the Bible, God says this: ‘Look, I have chosen a stone that is very valuable. I have chosen this stone as the most important stone, for the corner of my house in Zion. Anyone who believes in him will never be disappointed.’ This stone is very valuable to you who believe in Jesus. But the Bible says this about people who do not believe in him: ‘The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.’ 8The Bible also says this: ‘This stone will cause people to fall to the ground. It is a rock that will make them fall down.’ They fall down like that because they refuse to obey God's message. God already decided that this would happen to them. 9But you are not like that. You are a special group of people that God has chosen. You serve God like priests who serve a King. You are his own holy people who belong to him. He has taken you out of the dark place of sin, and he has brought you into his great light. He has done all this so that you can tell people how great he is.
Read all of 1 Peter 21 Peter 2:7 word by word
ὑμῖν οὖν ἡ τιμὴ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν· ἀπιστοῦσιν δὲ λίθος ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίαςRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Unto youσύsu · youG4771
- thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
- believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- preciousτιμήtimē · honorG5092
- butδέde · thenG1161
- unto them which be disobedientἀπειθέωapeitheō · to disobeyG544
- the stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- the buildersοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
- disallowedἀποδοκιμάζωapodokimazō · to rejectG593
- the sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- is madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
- the headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
- of the cornerγωνίαgōnia · cornerG1137
Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:7
- 1 Peter 1:8You have never seen Jesus, but still you love him. You do not see him now, but you believe in him. As a result, you are very happy. There are no words to describe how happy you are.
- Haggai 2:7I will cause people in all the nations of the world to shake with fear. They will come here to offer their valuable gifts. At that time, I will cause my temple to be full of glory. I, the Almighty Lord, tell you this.
- Matthew 13:44‘I can tell you again what the kingdom of heaven is like,’ Jesus said. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like some valuable things that a man buried in a field. Another man found it, but then he covered it over again with dirt. The second man was very happy and he went away. He sold everything that he had. Then he went and bought the field with the valuable things in it.’
- John 4:42The people said to the woman, ‘Now we believe in him because we ourselves have heard him. We do not believe only because of what you told us. He really is the man that God has sent to save the world. We know that now.’
- John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, there is nobody else that we could go to. You speak the words that give us life for ever.
- Philippians 3:7All those ideas seemed very important to me then. But now they are worth nothing to me, because I trust in Christ.
- Isaiah 28:5At that time. the Lord Almighty will be a great leader of his people. He will be like a beautiful crown for his people who still remain alive.
- Luke 2:32He will bring light to people so that they can know you. He will show you to those people who are not Jews. He will also show that your people of Israel are very special.’
- 1 Peter 2:8The Bible also says this: ‘This stone will cause people to fall to the ground. It is a rock that will make them fall down.’ They fall down like that because they refuse to obey God's message. God already decided that this would happen to them.
- Acts 26:19‘So you should know this, King Agrippa. I obeyed the things that I heard from heaven that day.
- Romans 10:21But Isaiah says this about Israel's people: ‘God says: For a very long time, I have been asking my people to return to me. But they refused to obey me. They turned against me.’
- Romans 15:31Pray that God will keep me safe from those people in Judea who have refused to believe in Jesus. Pray also that God's people at Jerusalem will happily accept the gift that I am taking to them.
- Hebrews 4:11So we must do everything possible to arrive in God's special place of rest. God's people in the wilderness did not obey him. We must not be like them. If we do not obey God, we also will fail to arrive in that place.
- Hebrews 11:31Rahab, who had been a prostitute in Jericho, also trusted God. She helped the men from Israel who had come to that city earlier. They wanted to discover how to attack the city. Rahab was kind to them. As a result of her faith, she did not die with all the other people in Jericho who did not obey God.
- Psalms 118:22The builders threw away a certain stone. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.
- Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, ‘I am sure that you have read this in the Bible: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. The Lord God did this. And we can see that he did something great.”
Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Unto you therefore which believe - You, both Jews and Gentiles. He is precious - ̔ ̔ · The honor is to you who believe; i.e. the honor of being in this building, and of having your souls saved through the blood of the Lamb, and becoming sons and daughters of God Almighty. Them which be disobedient - The Jews, who continue to reject the Gospel; that very person whom they reject is head of the corner - is Lord over all, and has all power in the heavens and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Unto you therefore which believe - Christians are often called simply “believers,” because faith in the Saviour is one of the prominent characteristics by which they are distinguished from their fellow-men. It sufficiently describes any man, to say that he is a believer in the Lord Jesus. He is precious - Margin, “an honor.” That is, according to the margin, it is an honor to believe on him, and should be so regarded. This is true, but it is very doubtful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8These verses include three quotations from the Old Testament. Each one describes Christ as a kind of stone: The first quotation calls him the cornerstone on which God builds the new temple (2:6). The second quotation calls him the cornerstone that people rejected, but God raised up to become the most important stone in his plan to save the world (2:7). The third quotation calls him the stone that makes people stumble when they refuse to believe (2:8)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Application of the Scripture just quoted first to the believer, then to the unbeliever. On the opposite effects of the same Gospel on different classes, compare Joh 9:39; 2Co 2:15, 16. precious--Greek, "THE preciousness" (1Pe 2:6). To you believers belongs the preciousness of Christ just mentioned. disobedient--to the faith, and so disobedient in practice. the stone which ... head of ... corner--(Psa 118:22). Those who rejected the STONE were all the…Read the comment
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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
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