2:5 What do we learn from what Peter says here?
2:5 What do we learn from what Peter says here?
We learn from this that Christians are living stones of which the New Testament church is built, and Christ, who was rejected of men, is the chief cornerstone, or foundation (cp 1 Cor 3:9, 16-17; 2 Cor 6:16; Ga 6:10; He 3:1-6; 1 Pe 2:5, 9 with Isa 28:16; Zech 10:3-4; Mt 21:42 (also Psa 118:22; Mk 12:10; Lk 20:17; Ac 4:11); Ro 9:33; Eph 2:19-22; 1 Pe 2:4, 6-9).
We also learn here that the church is not a building made with hands, but a spiritual building embodied in the Christian community
(see also comments on Mt 16:13-18, 21:42-45, 1 Cor 3:16-17