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The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People

4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, arejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,  
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
a“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”  
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who1 are disobedient,
a“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”  
8 and
a“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.” bThey stumble, being disobedient to the word, cto which they also were appointed.  
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of adarkness into His marvelous light;  
10 awho once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.  

Living Before the World

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts awhich war against the soul,  
12 ahaving your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, bthey may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.  
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1 Peter 2:6

It is contained (periexei). Present active (here intransitive, to contain, only N.T. example) of periexw, old verb, to surround, transitive in Luke 5:9 to seize (only other N.T. example). The formula with periexei is in Josephus (Ant. XI. 7). This Scripture (en grafh) is Isaiah 28:16 with some changes. Peter had in verse I Peter 2:4 already quoted eklekton and entimon. Now note akrogwniaion (a chief corner stone), a word apparently invented by Isaiah (from akrov, highest, and gwniaiov, Attic word for corner stone). Paul in Ephesians 2:20 uses the same word, making Christ the chief corner stone (the only other N.T. example). In Isaiah the metaphor is rather a foundation stone. Peter and Paul make it "the primary foundation stone at the structure" (W. W. Lloyd).

On him (ep autw). That is, "on it" (this corner stone, that is, Christ).

Shall not be put to shame (ou mh kataisxunqh). Strong negatives ou mh with first aorist passive subjunctive of kataisxunw, old verb, to put to shame (Romans 5:5).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 2:6:

Acts 4:11
Acts 8:32
Ephesians 2:20
Philippians 2:29
2 Timothy 3:16
1 Peter 1:24
1 Peter 3:16
Revelation 21:14

 

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