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1 Peter 2:8

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And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

And {G2532} a stone {G3037} of stumbling {G4348}, and {G2532} a rock {G4073} of offence {G4625}, even to them which {G3739} stumble {G4350} at the word {G3056}, being disobedient {G544}: whereunto {G1519}{G3739} also {G2532} they were appointed {G5087}.

also he is

a stone that will make people stumble,
a rock over which they will trip.

They are stumbling at the Word, disobeying it — as had been planned.

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 8:14 (27 votes)

    And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:23 (14 votes)

    But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

  • Romans 9:32 (10 votes)

    Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

  • Romans 9:33 (10 votes)

    As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

  • 1 Peter 2:7 (10 votes)

    Unto 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,

  • Romans 9:22 (9 votes)

    [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

  • Jude 1:4 (7 votes)

    For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.