1 Peter 2:6

2:6 For it says ¹  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ²  and whoever believes ³  in him ⁴  will never ⁵  be put to shame.” ⁶ 

[2:6]  ¹ tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

[2:6]  ³ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

[2:6]  ⁴ tn 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.

[2:6]  ⁵ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

[2:6]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.