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As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk,[a] so that by it you may grow toward salvation— now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. [b] As you come to Him, a living stone[c] rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:2 Or the pure milk of the word; Grk. logikos.
  2. 1 Peter 2:4 cf. Ps. 34:8(34:8 LXX).
  3. 1 Peter 2:4 cf. Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(A) so that by it you may grow up(B) in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(C)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(D)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(E) and precious to him—

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