1 Peter 2:4

So as you come to him, ¹  a living stone rejected by men but ²  chosen and priceless ³  in God’s sight,

Ps 118:22,23; Isa 8:14,15; Isa 28:16; Isa 42:1; Isa 55:3; Jer 3:22; Da 2:34,45; Zec 3:9; Zec 4:7; Mt 11:28; Mt 12:18; Mt 21:42; Mr 12:10,11; Lu 20:17,18; Joh 5:26; Joh 5:40; Joh 6:37; Joh 6:57; Joh 11:25,26; Joh 14:6,19; Ac 4:11,12; Ro 5:10; Col 3:4; 1Pe 1:7,19; 1Pe 2:7; 2Pe 1:1,4

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

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

³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”