1 Peter 2:2

1 Peter 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
• New International Version (NIV)Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
• New King James Version (NKJV)as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,

Context of 1 Peter 2:2

1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

1 Peter 2:2 word by word

ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• newbornἀρτιγέννητοςartigennētos · newbornG738
• babesβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• desireἐπιποθέωepipotheō · to long forG1971
• the sincereἄδολοςadolos · pureG97
• milkγάλαgala · milkG1051
• of the wordλογικόςlogikos · spiritualG3050
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• ye may growαὐξάνωauxanō · to growG837
• therebyἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:2

• 1 Peter 1:23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
• Matthew 18:3and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 10:15Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
• Romans 6:4We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
• Psalms 19:7The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
• 1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
• Hebrews 5:12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,
• 2 Samuel 23:5"For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
• Job 17:9Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
• Hosea 6:3Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
• Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
• Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
• Ephesians 2:21in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2As new-born babes - In the preceding chapter, 1 Peter 1:23, the apostle states that they had been born again; and as the new-born infant desires that aliment which nature has provided for it, so they, being born again - born from above, should as earnestly require that heavenly nourishment which is suited to their new nature; and this the apostle calls the sincere milk of the word, , or, as some translate, the rational unadulterated milk; i.e. the pure…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As new-born babes - The phrase used here would properly denote those which were just born, and hence Christians who had just begun the spiritual life. See the word explained in the notes at 2 Timothy 3:15. It is not uncommon, in the Scriptures, to compare Christians with little children. See the notes at Matthew 18:3, for the reasons of this comparison. Compare the 1 Corinthians 3:2 note; Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:14 notes. Desire the sincere milk of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Christians have been "born again" and should be like newborn babies, who naturally and regularly crave pure spiritual milk (1:23). In other places in the New Testament, milk (in contrast to solid food) represents basic Christian teachings (1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12–13). But this does not mean that the people Peter wrote to were new believers. Here, milk most likely refers to God’s word in general.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. new-born babes--altogether without "guile" (1Pe 2:1). As long as we are here we are "babes," in a specially tender relation to God (Is 40:11). The childlike spirit is indispensable if we would enter heaven. "Milk" is here not elementary truths in contradistinction to more advanced Christian truths, as in 1Co 3:2; He 5:12, 13; but in contrast to "guile, hypocrisies," &c. (1Pe 2:1); the simplicity of Christian doctrine in general to the childlike spirit…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:2

• Babes
• Children
• Grace of God
• Hunger
• Milk
• Righteous
• Sincerity
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings