1 Peter 2:4
Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by man, but in the sight of God, chosen and precious,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
In Context
3if; indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you that are weary, and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:2-4
Against Malice and Hypocrisy. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. The holy apostle has been recommending mutual charity, and setting forth the excellences of the word of God, calling it an incorruptible seed, and saying that it liveth and abideth for ever. He pursues his discourse, and very properly… Read the whole commentary →