1 Peter 2:5-6

2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer ¹  spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 2:6 For it says ²  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ³  and whoever believes ⁴  in him ⁵  will never ⁶  be put to shame.” ⁷ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Grk “unto a holy priesthood to offer.”

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

[2:6]  ³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

[2:6]  ⁵ 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.

[2:6]  ⁶ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

[2:6]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.