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For which thing the scripture saith, Lo! I shall set in Sion the highest corner stone, chosen and precious [For which thing the scripture holdeth, Lo! I shall put in Sion the highest stone, a corner stone, chosen, precious]; and he that shall believe in him, shall not be confounded.

Therefore honour to you that believe; but to men that believe not, the stone whom the builders reproved, this is made into the head of the corner;

and the stone of hurting, and the stone of stumbling, to them that offend to the word, neither believe it, in which they be set.[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 2:8 and the stone of hurting, and the stone of offence, to them that offend by word, neither believe, in which and they be put.

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