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- 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”[b]
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5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him. will never be put to shame.”[b]
- Proverbs 9:10 ESV / 71 helpful votes. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
- Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 71 helpful votes. The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
- 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 38 helpful votes. For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- 1 John 4:18 ESV / 35 helpful votes. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
What does 1 Peter 2:5 mean? In the previous verse, Peter identified Jesus, the Lord, as the living stone. He is living because He was dead and now is alive. We will see in the next few verses that He is called the stone because He is the cornerstone of the house of God. Now Peter includes believers in the metaphor. Like Jesus, Christians are ...
4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious ...
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. New Living Translation. And, “He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.”. They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
Dec 11, 2023 · And God is just like all builders—He has a foundation upon which all workers must build (Matthew 7:24–27). Believers, then, are the “living stones” of the church that Jesus promised to build (Matthew 16:18). As living stones, we have new life in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a corners...
