1. 1 Peter 2:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What becomes of “those who do not believe”?

1 Peter 2:7 (ESV)

7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

The implication arising from the closing words of the Isaiah 28:16 quote is that those who do not believe will be “put to shame,” dishonoured. To show the extent of the shame they receive, Peter quotes Psalm 118:22, with its embarrassing (for the unbelievers) reference to God's elevating to the position of cornerstone the very stone the unbelieving builders had rejected.