God’s Word Translation
1 Peter 2:8
8a stone that people trip over, a large rock that people find offensive.” The people tripped over the word because they refused to believe it. Therefore, this is how they ended up.
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
6That is why Scripture says, “I am laying a chosen and precious cornerstone in Zion, and the person who believes in him will never be ashamed.” 7This honor belongs to those who believe. But to those who don’t believe: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, a stone that people trip over, a large rock that people find offensive.” The people tripped over the word because they refused to believe it. Therefore, this is how they ended up. 9However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10Once you were not God’s people, but now you are. Once you were not shown mercy, but now you have been shown mercy.
Read all of 1 Peter 21 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 place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 57:14It will be said: “Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Remove every obstacle in the way of my people!”
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is the reason that many people in Israel will be condemned and many others will be saved. He will be a sign that will expose
- Romans 9:32Why? They didn’t rely on faith to gain God’s approval, but they relied on their own efforts. They stumbled over the rock that trips people.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23but our message is that Christ was crucified. This offends Jewish people and makes no sense to people who are not Jewish.
- 2 Corinthians 2:16To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a life-giving fragrance. Who is qualified to tell about Christ?
- 1 Peter 2:7This honor belongs to those who believe. But to those who don’t believe: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
- Exodus 9:16But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.
- Romans 9:22If God wants to demonstrate his anger and reveal his power, he can do it. But can’t he be extremely patient with people who are objects of his anger because they are headed for destruction?
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9It was not God’s intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will use good-sounding arguments to exploit you. The verdict against them from long ago is still in force, and their destruction is not asleep.
- Jude 1:4Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God’s kindness as an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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
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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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