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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babes . The words look back to 1 Peter 1:3 , 1 Peter 1:23 . God begat them again; they were new-born babes in Christ, they must remember their regeneration. The rabbis used the same metaphor of their proselytes; but the apostle was doubtless thinking of the Savior's words. Desire the sincere milk of the Word. Desire, long for it eagerly ( ἐπιποθήσατε ) , as babes long for milk, their proper food, the only food necessary for them. It seems that in the adjective ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:2

There has just been a reference to regeneration as effected by the incorruptible seed of the Word. The metaphor is carried on in these words, which speak of the nourishment and growth of the regenerate. There does not, however, appear to be any limitation of the injunction of our text to Christians in an early stage. For all stages of the Christian life on earth the food which nourishes is the same. All should be growing, and the most mature is still, when his attainments are contrasted with... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

As new-born babes - The phrase used here would properly denote those which were just born, and hence Christians who had just begun the spiritual life. See the word explained in the notes at 2 Timothy 3:15. It is not uncommon, in the Scriptures, to compare Christians with little children. See the notes at Matthew 18:3, for the reasons of this comparison. Compare the 1 Corinthians 3:2 note; Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:14 notes.Desire the sincere milk of the word - The pure milk of the word. On the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 2:1-3

1 Peter 2:1-3. Wherefore Since the word of God is so excellent and durable in itself, and has had such a blessed effect upon you as to regenerate you, and bring you to the enjoyment of true Christian love; laying aside As utterly inconsistent with that love; all malice All ill- will, every unkind disposition; or all wickedness, as κακιαν may be properly rendered, all sinful tempers and practices whatsoever; and all guile All craft, deceitful cunning, and artifice, every temper... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-3

Fruits of salvation (1:13-2:3)Now that Christians have received such a great salvation, they should discipline their thoughts and behaviour so that they will always be ready for the return of Jesus Christ (13). They should think and act not according to their former habits, but according to the ways of God. They should pattern their character not on the people of the sinful society around them, but on the holy God (14-16).As Christians reverence God as their Father and Judge, they will want to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 2:2

newborn . Greek. artigennetos. Only here. babes . App-108 . desire = earnestly desire. Greek. epipotheo. See Romans 1:11 . Compare Proverbs 2:1-6 . sincere . Greek. adolos = without guile. Only here. milk . Compare 1 Corinthians 3:2 . of the word . Greek. logikos. Only here and Romans 12:1 , where it is rendered "reasonable". The milk to be found in the Word of God is in the highest sense. "reasonable". See 1 Peter 3:15 . that = in order that. Greek. hina . thereby = in ( App-104... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;As newborn babes ... Paul used this same figure in 1 Corinthians 3:2; but Peter here, using the same figure, stresses, not the contrasting diet of infants and adults, but the appetite which all Christians should have in order to grow. All Christians should have a constant and intense longing for the word of God.Long for the spiritual milk which is without guile ... There are two changes... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 2:1-2

1 Peter 2:1-2. Wherefore, laying aside all malice, &c.— Wherefore renouncing all ill-nature, all fraud, dissimulation, envy, and detraction, (1 Peter 2:2.) thirst as new-born children for the pure milk of the word, that thereby you may thrive, and grow up to salvation. Heylin; who observes, that this refers to 1Pe 2:22-23 of the preceding chapter, as thus: "Since your generation, from the same divine principle, obliges you to mutual love, as brethren,—therefore renounce all that is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

2. new-born babes—altogether without "guile" (1 Peter 2:1). As long as we are here we are "babes," in a specially tender relation to God (1 Peter 2:1- :). The childlike spirit is indispensable if we would enter heaven. "Milk" is here not elementary truths in contradistinction to more advanced Christian truths, as in 1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12; Hebrews 5:13; but in contrast to "guile, hypocrisies," c. (Hebrews 5:13- :) the simplicity of Christian doctrine in general to the childlike spirit.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 2:1-3

1. Listening to God 2:1-3 read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 2:1-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:1-3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 2:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 2:1-2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 2:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 2:1-3

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