American Standard Version

1 Peter 2:3

3if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

1 Peter 2:3 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
New International Version (NIV)now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
English Standard Version (ESV)if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
New King James Version (NKJV)if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

Context of 1 Peter 2:3

1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: 4unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, 5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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1 Peter 2:3 word by word

εἰ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ κύριος.Read the interlinear

tastedγεύωgeuomai · to tasteG1089
Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:3

Psalms 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalms 24:8Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
Psalms 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
Zechariah 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Hebrews 6:5and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:3

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3If so be ye have tasted - · Seeing ye have tasted. There could be no doubt that they had tasted the goodness of Christ who were born again, of incorruptible seed, and whose hearts were purified by the truth, and who had like precious faith with the apostles themselves. That the Lord is gracious - ̔ ̔ · From the similarity of the letters, many MSS. and several of the fathers have read, ̔ , the Lord is Christ, or Christ is the Lord. This seems to refer to…Read the comment
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious - Or rather, as Doddridge renders it, “Since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” The apostle did not mean to express any doubt on the subject, but to state that, since they had had an experimental acquaintance with the grace of God, they should desire to increase more and more in the knowledge and love of him. On the use of the word “taste,” see the notes at Hebrews 6:4.Read the comment
Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good: These words come from Psalm 34:8. Peter quotes this psalm again in 1 Peter 3:10–12.Read the comment
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Peter alludes to Psa 34:8. The first "tastes" of God's goodness are afterwards followed by fuller and happier experiences. A taste whets the appetite [Bengel]. gracious--Greek, "good," benignant, kind; as God is revealed to us in Christ, "the Lord" (1Pe 2:4), we who are born again ought so to be good and kind to the brethren (1Pe 1:22). "Whosoever has not tasted the word to him it is not sweet it has not reached the heart; but to them who have…Read the comment

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