1 Peter 2:3 — Community Reflections

1 PETER 2:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 2

“If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”

Now that you have tasted that the Lord is good — the assertion presupposes that believers have already experienced (geusthai, tasted) the 'goodness' (chrēstos, kindness) of the Lord, establishing that the desire for milk (2:2) is grounded in prior experience of divine goodness. The taste of goodness creates appetite for more nourishment.

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Amara Diallo (test user)4h ago

Strength in weakness — 1 Peter 2

I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fu...