1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
In Context
1So put aside all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Cross References
Matthew 18:3and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 6:4Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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 →