1 Peter 2:4

A Living Stone, a Chosen People

2:4 So as you come to him,¹ a living stone rejected by men but² chosen and priceless³ in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:6

2:6 For it says⁴ in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone,⁵ and whoever believes⁶ in him⁷ will never⁸ be put to shame.”⁹

1 Peter 3:6

3:6 like Sarah who obeyed¹⁰ Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children¹¹ when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.¹²

1 Peter 3:22

3:22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God¹³ with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.¹⁴

1 Peter 5:9

5:9 Resist him,¹⁵ strong in your faith, because you know¹⁶ that your brothers and sisters¹⁷ throughout the world¹⁸ are enduring¹⁹ the same kinds of suffering.²⁰

¹tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.

²tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.

³tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁴tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

⁵tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁶tn Grk “the one who believes.”

⁷tn Grk either “in him” or “in it,” but the OT and NT uses personify the stone as the King, the Messiah whom God will establish in Jerusalem.

⁸tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

⁹sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.

¹⁰tn Grk “as Sarah obeyed.”

¹¹tn Grk “whose children you become.”

¹²tn Grk “doing good and not fearing any intimidation.”

¹³tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

¹⁴tn Grk “angels…having been subjected to him.”

¹⁵tn Grk “whom,” referring to the devil in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁶tn Grk “knowing,” a participle that usually denotes a reason for the related action.

¹⁷tn Grk “your brotherhood.” The Greek term “brotherhood” is used in a broad sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 19 s.v. ἀδελφότης 1). Another alternative translation would be “your fellow believers,” though this would weaken the familial connotations. This same word occurs in 2:17; there it has been translated “family of believers.”

¹⁸tn Grk “your brotherhood in the world,” referring to the Christian community worldwide.

¹⁹tn This verb carries the nuance “to accomplish, complete,” emphasizing their faithful endurance in suffering. The verb is passive in Greek (“suffering is being endured by your brotherhood”), but has been translated as an active to give a smoother English style.

²⁰tn Grk “the same things of sufferings.”