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1 Peter 2:4

to whom ye have come, because he is a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God elect and precious.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 ye have tasted and seen that the Lord is good:

5And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you.

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 →

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