1 Peter 2:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 2:7

To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

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ASV

For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

KJV

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

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Commentary

4 voices

Bede

Commentary on the Catholic Epistles (735)

However, for those who do not believe, the stone which the builders rejected. So that as they rejected him while building their deeds, refusing to place him in the foundation of their hearts, they themselves may be rejected by him at his coming, when he …

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Unto you therefore which believe - Christians are often called simply “believers,” because faith in the Saviour is one of the prominent characteristics by which they are distinguished from their fellow-men. It sufficiently describes any man, to say that he is a believer in the Lord Jesus. He is precious - Margin, “an honor.” That is, according to the margin, it is an honor to believe on him, and should be so regarded. This is true, but it is very doubtful whether this is the idea of Peter.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1224: “Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1875)

So it always is where Jesus comes—He divides the company into Believers and unbelievers—the obedient and the disobedient. But why are unbelievers, here, called disobedient? Is faith a matter of law and because a man does not believe, does he therefore disobey? How can it be otherwise? Is it not a natural duty for every man to believe that which is true? Let the very least among us judge in so simple a matter!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

On the opposite effects of the same Gospel on different classes, compare Joh 9:39; 2Co 2:15, 16. precious--Greek, "THE preciousness" (1Pe 2:6). To you believers belongs the preciousness of Christ just mentioned. disobedient--to the faith, and so disobedient in practice. the stone which . . . head of . . . corner-- (Ps 118:22).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὑμῖν	humin	To you	G4771 →
οὖν	oun	therefore [is]	G3767 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
τιμὴ	timē	preciousness	G5092 →
τοῖς	tois	of those	G3588 →
πιστεύουσιν·	pisteuousin	believing;	G4100 →
ἀπιστοῦσιν	apistousin	[for those] disbelieving	G569 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
λίθος	lithos	[the] stone	G3037 →
ὃν	hon	which	G3739 →
ἀπεδοκίμασαν	apedokimasan	rejected	G593 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
οἰκοδομοῦντες,	oikodomountes	building,	G3618 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
ἐγενήθη	egenēthē	has become	G1096 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	[the] head	G2776 →
γωνίας	gōnias	of [the] corner	G1137 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
leads to
- Psalms 118:22–23
  The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Isaiah 28:16
  So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Acts 4:11
  This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- 1 Peter 2:4–8
  As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- Ephesians 2:20
  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Through
1 Peter 2:8
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:14
  And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- Romans 9:32–33
  Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Peter

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Peter