1 Peter 2:6

For it says ¹  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ²  and whoever believes ³  in him ⁴  will never ⁵  be put to shame.” ⁶ 

Ps 40:14; Ps 89:19; Isa 28:16; Isa 41:11; Isa 42:1; Isa 45:16,17; Isa 50:7; Isa 54:4; Da 10:21; Zec 10:4; Mt 12:18; Mr 12:10; Lu 23:35; Joh 7:38; Ac 1:16; Ro 9:32,33; Eph 1:4; Eph 2:20; 2Ti 3:16; 1Pe 2:4; 2Pe 1:20; 2Pe 3:16

¹ tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

² tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

³ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

⁴ tn 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.

⁵ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.