ACC ~ 1 Peter 2 v7

BELIEF AND REJECTION. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: Just as the Lord is the true light who has come into the world for judgment, so that at his coming he may give sight to the blind and blind those who see in the wrong way, so he is also a chosen cornerstone, giving honor to those who join themselves to him in faith and revealing himself to them as a reliable foundation, but to those who do not believe he is not precious but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, considered worthless by the builders who have rejected him. These builders are the scribes and the Pharisees. CATENA.

THE REVERSAL. CHRYSOSTOM: These words refer to Christ, who himself prophesied in the Gospels, saying: “Have you not read, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?’” CATENA.

SONS OR STONES? HILARY OF ARLES: Those of you who believe in Christ are more than just stones—you are sons of God! INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

THOSE WHO REJECT HIM. BEDE: Just as those who refused to make Christ the foundation of their heart in effect condemned him by their actions, so too will they be condemned by him when he comes again, for then he will be unwilling to receive those who rejected him into his house, which is in the heavens. ON 1 PETER.

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