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1 Peter 2:3 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. "
1 Peter 2:3
Verse in Context
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Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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1 Peter 2:1
"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,"
1 Peter 2:2
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"
1 Peter 2:4
"To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
1 Peter 2:5
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 2:6
"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall ➔ not be confounded."
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