1 Peter 2:3

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

1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness. 4So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight, 5you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:3 word by word

εἰ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ κύριος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If so beεἴπερei per · if so/sinceG1512
• ye have tastedγεύωgeuomai · to tasteG1089
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• the Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• graciousχρηστόςchrēstos · good/kindG5543

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:3

• Psalms 9:10Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
• Psalms 24:8Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle!
• Psalms 63:5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
• Zechariah 9:17How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
• Hebrews 6:5tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,

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

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:3

• Grace of God
• Regeneration
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

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• Sincere
• Spiritual
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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