1 Peter 2:3
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
In Context
2as new-born babes, desire the spiritual, pure milk, that ye may grow thereby to salvation;
4To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but in the sight of God chosen, honored,
Cross References
Psalms 24:8“Who is this king of glory?” Jehovah, strong and mighty; Jehovah, mighty in battle.
Psalms 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And with joyful lips my mouth shall praise thee,
Zechariah 9:17How great shall be their prosperity, and how great their beauty! Corn shall make the young men thrive, and new wire the maidens.
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 →