10 Have you not even read this Scripture:

(A)A stone which the builders rejected,
This has become the [a]chief cornerstone;

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  1. Mark 12:10 Lit head of the corner

10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(A)

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19 So then you are no longer (A)strangers and foreigners, but you are (B)fellow citizens with the [a]saints, and are of (C)God’s household, 20 having been (D)built on (E)the foundation of (F)the apostles and prophets, (G)Christ Jesus Himself being the (H)cornerstone, 21 (I)in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into (J)a holy [b]temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being (K)built together into a (L)dwelling of God in the Spirit.

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  1. Ephesians 2:19 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  2. Ephesians 2:21 Or sanctuary

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(A) but fellow citizens(B) with God’s people and also members of his household,(C) 20 built(D) on the foundation(E) of the apostles and prophets,(F) with Christ Jesus himself(G) as the chief cornerstone.(H) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(I) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(J)

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For this is contained in [a]Scripture:

(A)Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a (B)precious cornerstone,
And the one who believes in [b]Him will not be [c]put to shame.”

(C)This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers,

(D)A stone which the builders (E)rejected,
This became the [d]chief cornerstone,”

and,

(F)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

(G)for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (H)and to this they were also appointed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:6 Or a scripture
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Or it
  3. 1 Peter 2:6 Or disappointed
  4. 1 Peter 2:7 Lit head of the corner

For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,(A)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[a](B)

Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(C)

“The stone the builders rejected(D)
    has become the cornerstone,”[b](E)

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[c](F)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
  2. 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
  3. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14