1 Peter 2:3
if [it] so be [that] you tasted that the LORD [is] good,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
In Context
2as newborn babies, desire the reasonable, unspoiled milk, so that you may grow up to salvation,
Cross References
Psalms 24:8Who [is] this—“the King of Glory?” YHWH—strong and mighty, || YHWH, the mighty in battle.
Psalms 63:5As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, || And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.
Zechariah 9:17For what His goodness! And what His beauty! Grain the young men, || And new wine the virgins—make fruitful!
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:2-4
Against Malice and Hypocrisy. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. The holy apostle has been recommending mutual charity, and setting forth the excellences of the word of God, calling it an incorruptible seed, and saying that it liveth and abideth for ever. He pursues his discourse, and very properly… Read the whole commentary →