1 Peter 2:4
Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;
Open English Bible (US)
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
3since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’
Cross References
Psalms 118:22The stone which the builders despised is become the head-stone of the corner.
Zechariah 3:9On the stone that I have set before Joshua, on one stone, are seven facets. I will engrave it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who toil and are 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 →