1 Peter 2:8-9

2:8 and a stumbling-stone 1  and a rock to trip over. 2  They stumble 3  because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 4  2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues 5  of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” The latter phrase uses the term σκάνδαλον (skandalon), denoting an obstacle to faith, something that arouses anger and rejection.

2 sn A quotation from Isa 8:14.

3 tn Grk “who stumble,” referring to “those who do not believe” in vs. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

4 tn Grk “to which they were also destined.”

5 sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17.