--- title: "Scofield" description: "stone of stumbling Christ crucified is the Rock: (1) Smitten that the Spirit of life may flow from Him to all who will drink Exodus 17:6; 1 Corinthians 10" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2" --- **stone of stumbling** Christ crucified is the Rock: (1) Smitten that the Spirit of life may flow from Him to all who will drink [Exodus 17:6](../../../kjv/exodus/17/6); [1 Corinthians 10:4](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/4); [John 4:13](../../../kjv/john/4/13); [John 4:14](../../../kjv/john/4/14); [John 7:37-39](../../../kjv/john/7/37-39). (2) To the church the foundation and chief corner Stone [Ephesians 2:20](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20). (3) To the Jews at His first coming a "stumbling stone" [Romans 9:32](../../../kjv/romans/9/32); [Romans 9:33](../../../kjv/romans/9/33); [1 Corinthians 1:23](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/23). (4) to Israel at His second coming the "headstone of the corner" [Zechariah 4:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/4/7). (5) To the Gentile world-power the smiting "stone cut out without hands" [Daniel 2:34](../../../kjv/daniel/2/34). (6) In the divine purpose the Stone which, after the destruction of Gentile world- power, is to grow and fill the earth. (7) To unbelievers the crushing Stone of judgment. [Matthew 21:44](../../../kjv/matthew/21/44). **priesthood** The New Testament priesthood, Summary: (1) Until the law was given the head of each family was the family priest [Genesis 8:20](../../../kjv/genesis/8/20); [Genesis 26:25](../../../kjv/genesis/26/25); [Genesis 31:54](../../../kjv/genesis/31/54). (2) When the law was proposed, the promise to perfect obedience was that Israel would be unto God "a kingdom of priests" [Exodus 19:6](../../../kjv/exodus/19/6). but Israel violated the law, and God shut up the priestly office to the Aaronic family, appointing the tribe of Levi to minister to them, thus constituting the typical priesthood [Exodus 28:1](../../../kjv/exodus/28/1). (3) In the dispensation of grace, all believers are unconditionally constituted a "kingdom of priests" [1 Peter 2:9](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/9); [Revelation 1:6](../../../kjv/revelation/1/6) the distinction which Israel failed to achieve by works. The priesthood of the believer is, therefore, a birthright; just as every descendant of Aaron was born to the priesthood [Hebrews 5:1](../../../kjv/hebrews/5/1). (4) The chief privilege of a priest is access to God. Under law the high priest only could enter "the holiest of all," and that but once a year [Hebrews 9:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/7); [Hebrews 9:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/7) but when Christ died, the veil, type of Christ's human body [Hebrews 10:20](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/20) was rent, so that now the believer-priests, equally with Christ the High Priest, have access to God in the holiest [Hebrews 10:19-22](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/19-22). The high Priest is corporeally there [Hebrews 4:14-16](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/14-16); [Hebrews 9:24](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/24); [Hebrews 10:19-22](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/19-22). (5) In the exercise of his office the New Testament believer-priest is (1) a sacrificer who offers a threefold sacrifice: (a) his own living body. [Romans 12:1](../../../kjv/romans/12/1); [Philippians 2:17](../../../kjv/philippians/2/17); [2 Timothy 4:6](../../../kjv/2-timothy/4/6); [1 John 3:16](../../../kjv/1-john/3/16); [James 1:27](../../../kjv/james/1/27) (b) praise to God, "the fruit of the lips that make mention of His name" (R.V.), to be offered "continually" ; [Hebrews 13:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/15); [Exodus 25:22](../../../kjv/exodus/25/22) "I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat"); (c) his substance ; [Hebrews 13:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/16); [Romans 12:13](../../../kjv/romans/12/13); [Galatians 6:6](../../../kjv/galatians/6/6); [3 John 1:5-8](../../../kjv/3-john/1/5-8); [Hebrews 13:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/2); [Galatians 6:10](../../../kjv/galatians/6/10); [Titus 3:14](../../../kjv/titus/3/14). (2) The N.T. priest is also an intercessor [1 Timothy 2:1](../../../kjv/1-timothy/2/1); [Colossians 4:12](../../../kjv/colossians/4/12) **this is thankworthy** Grace (imparted). [1 Peter 3:7](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/7); [Romans 6:1](../../../kjv/romans/6/1); [2 Peter 3:18](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/18). **faults** Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* . **sin** Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* . **sins** Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* . **righteousness** *(See Scofield "**")* . ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Peter 2"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2","name":"Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Peter 2","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"stone of stumbling Christ crucified is the Rock: (1) Smitten that the Spirit of life may flow from Him to all who will drink Exodus 17:6; 1 Corinthians 10","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","name":"Commentaries"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes","name":"Scofield's Reference Notes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter","name":"1 Peter"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-peter/2","name":"2"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```