📖WEB · 1 Peter 2:3

What does 1 Peter 2:3 mean?

"if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:"

— 1 Peter 2:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

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if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

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coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

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