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1 Peter 2:6

6 For it says ^{▼▼ Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”} in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ^{▼▼ Grk “chosen, priceless.”} and whoever believes ^{▼▼ Grk “the one who believes.”} in him ^{▼▼ 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.} will never ^{▼▼ The negative (οὐ μή, ou mē) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”} be put to shame. ” ^{▼▼ A quotation from Isa 28:16.}