1 Peter 2:6

2:6 For it says ¹  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ²  and whoever believes ³  in him ⁴  will never ⁵  be put to shame.” ⁶ 

1 Peter 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct ⁷  among the non-Christians, ⁸  so that though ⁹  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ¹⁰ 

[2:6]  ¹ tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

[2:6]  ³ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

[2:6]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

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

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).