New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Peter 2:4
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As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,
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Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
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Coming to [Him], a living stone, indeed rejected by men but chosen [and] precious with God,
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Peter 2
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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