1 Peter

1 Peter 2:4

⁴As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As you come	προσερχόμενοι	proserchomenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G4334 I come near, consent to
to	Πρὸς	Pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
living	ζῶντα	zōnta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2198 I live
stone	λίθον	lithon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3037 a stone
rejected	ἀποδεδοκιμασμένον	apodedokimasmenon	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular	G593 I reject after testing, I disqualify
by	ὑπὸ	hypo	Preposition	G5259 by, under, about
men	ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G444 a man, one of the human race
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
chosen	ἐκλεκτὸν	eklekton	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G1588 chosen, elect, choice, select
precious	ἔντιμον	entimon	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G1784 precious, honored, honorable
in God’s	Θεῷ	Theō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
sight	παρὰ	para	Preposition	G3844 from, in the presence of

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