1 Peter 2:4 Meaning and Explanation
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
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What Does 1 Peter 2:4 Mean?
Peter calls Christ a living stone, joining two images that do not usually meet: the solidity of stone and the vitality of life. To this stone the believers keep coming.
The same stone was rejected by builders yet chosen by God and held precious. Peter sets the world's verdict against heaven's. What men cast aside, God laid as the foundation of everything. For readers despised by their neighbors, the parallel is tender: rejected by men, chosen by God, they share their Lord's very pattern. To belong to the rejected stone is no shame.
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What does 1 Peter 2:4 mean?
Coming to Christ, the living stone rejected by people but chosen and precious to God.