and,
“a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.”†
For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Peter 2:8 in context
1 Peter 2:5–11
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You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6
Because it is contained in Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious.
He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
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For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone,”
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and,
“a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.”†
For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
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