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1 Peter 2:5 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.1 Peter 2:5 · King James Version
1 Peter 2:5 in context
3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 2:20-22
- 1 Peter 2:9
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
- Revelation 5:10
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
- Isaiah 61:6
- Hebrews 13:15-16
- Hebrews 3:6
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificesthysiaa sacrifice, victimG2378 →
- acceptableeuprosdektoswell received, accepted, acceptableG2144 →
- spiritualpneumatikosrelating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as part of the man which is akin to God…G4152 →
- livelyzaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
- houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
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I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much of their religion in their magnificent temple, and who understood the prophetical style, which calls the Messiah a…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-12