22 (A)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.[a]

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  1. Psalm 118:22 Hebrew the head of the corner

22 The stone(A) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(B)

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10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that (A)by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, (B)whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 (C)This Jesus[a] is the stone that was (D)rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b] 12 And there is (E)salvation (F)in no one else, for (G)there is no other (H)name under heaven given among men[c] by which we must be saved.”

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  1. Acts 4:11 Greek This one
  2. Acts 4:11 Greek the head of the corner
  3. Acts 4:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,(A) whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead,(B) that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is

“‘the stone you builders rejected,
    which has become the cornerstone.’[a](C)

12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”(D)

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  1. Acts 4:11 Psalm 118:22

As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (C)a spiritual house, to be (D)a holy priesthood, (E)to offer spiritual sacrifices (F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

(G)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious,
(H)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

So the honor is for you who (I)believe, but for those who (J)do not believe,

(K)“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(B) and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built(C) into a spiritual house[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(F) For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,(G)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”[b](H)

Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(I)

“The stone the builders rejected(J)
    has become the cornerstone,”[c](K)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
  3. 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22