1 Peter 2:4

A Living Stone, a Chosen People

2:4 So as you come to him, ¹  a living stone rejected by men but ²  chosen and priceless ³  in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:6

2:6 For it says ⁴  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ⁵  and whoever believes ⁶  in him ⁷  will never ⁸  be put to shame.” ⁹ 

1 Peter 2:9

2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues ¹⁰  of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

¹ tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.

² tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.

³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁴ tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

⁵ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁶ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

⁷ tn Grk either “in him” or “in it,” but the OT and NT uses personify the stone as the King, the Messiah whom God will establish in Jerusalem.

⁸ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

⁹ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.

⁷ sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17.