For it is contained in Scripture:

Look! I lay a stone in Zion,(A)
a chosen and honored[a] cornerstone,[b](B)
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame![c](C)[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:6 Or valuable
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Lit head of the corner
  3. 1 Peter 2:6 Or be disappointed
  4. 1 Peter 2:6 Is 28:16 LXX

For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,(A)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

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and

A stone to stumble over,[a]
and a rock to trip over.[b](A)[c]

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined(B) for this.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Or a stone causing stumbling
  2. 1 Peter 2:8 Or a rock to trip over
  3. 1 Peter 2:8 Is 8:14

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

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.

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