1 Peter 2:4
You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is like an important stone [MET] put in the foundation of a building, but he is alive, not lifeless like a stone. He was rejected by many people { Many people rejected him}, but God chose him and considers him to be very precious.
Translation for Translators
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
3Also, you need to do this because you have experienced that the Lord acts in a good way toward you.
Cross References
Psalms 118:22Yahweh’s promised/chosen king is like [MET] the stone which the builders rejected when they were building a house, but that stone became the ◄cornerstone/most important stone in the building►.
Isaiah 28:16Therefore, Yahweh our Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like [MET] a foundation stone, he is like a stone that has been tested to determine if it is solid. He will be like a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
Isaiah 55:3Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved King David.
Daniel 2:34As you watched, something cut a rock from a mountain, but it was not a human who cut it. The rock tumbled down and smashed the feet of the statue, feet that were made of iron and clay. It smashed them to bits.
Zechariah 3:9Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of all the people of this country.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you people who are very weary of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey [MET]. I will enable you to quit trying to obey all those laws.
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 →