<p>2:4 <i>Come to him as to a living stone</i>- The contrast is with the dead stones of the temple, which had played such a crucial role in the culture and faith of Peter's Jewish readership. Peter goes on to say that we too are &quot;living stones&quot; (:5); the titles of the Lord Jesus are applied to all of us in Christ.</p><p><i>Indeed rejected by men but chosen by God and precious- </i>The Jewish believers had been rejected by the same group in Jerusalem who had rejected the Lord Jesus. And so Peter uses titles of the Lord Jesus taken from Is. 28:16 LXX which he has just used about the believers. They too were &quot;chosen by God&quot; (1:2) and were &quot;precious&quot; (1:7). All that is true of Him becomes true of us.</p>