1 Peter 2:7

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious More accurately, Unto you therefore that believe there is the honour. The last words stand in direct connexion with the "shall not be ashamed" of the previous verse, and are not a predicate asserting what Christ is, but declare that honour, not shame, is the portion of those who believe on Him.

but unto them which be disobedient The Greek word, like the English, expresses something more than the mere absence of belief and implies a deliberate resistance. To such as these, St Peter says, combining Isaiah 8:14-15 with the other passages in which the symbolism of the stone was prominent, much in the same way as St Paul combines them in Romans 9:33, the very corner-stone itself became "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence." Here again his language is an echo of our Lord's (Matthew 21:44).