“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him — the description of Christ as the 'living stone' (lithos zōn) combines the image of a building's foundational stone with the characteristic of life, suggesting Christ as the dynamic, enduring foundation. The parallel of rejection by humans (apodokimazō, disapproved) and choice by God (eklektos) establishes the reversal of human judgment by divine vindication.
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