1 Peter 2:2

Next he urged them to do something positive. Since they had experienced the new birth (1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:23), they should now do what babies do, not that they were new Christians necessarily. The milk of the Word is probably the milk that is the Word rather than the milk contained in the Word, namely, Christ, though either interpretation is possible. [Note: A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, 6:95.] "Long for" is a strong expression that we could paraphrase "develop an appetite for." This is the only imperative in the passage in the Greek text. God’s Word is spiritual food that all believers instinctively desire, but we must also cultivate a taste for it (cf. 2 Peter 3:18).

"It is sad when Christians have no appetite for God’s Word, but must be ’fed’ religious entertainment instead. As we grow, we discover that the Word is milk for babes, but also strong meat for the mature (1 Corinthians 3:1-4; Hebrews 5:11-14). It is also bread (Matthew 4:4) and honey (Psalms 119:103)." [Note: Wiersbe, 2:400.]

Ask God to give you a greater appetite for His Word. God’s Word is pure in that it is free from deceit (cf. 1 Peter 1:22-25). "Salvation" here, as Peter used it previously, refers to the full extent of salvation that God desires every Christian to experience.

"The point of the figurative language is this: as a babe longs for nothing but its mother’s milk and will take nothing else, so every Christian should take no spiritual nourishment save the Word." [Note: Lenski, p. 78.]

The "milk" here is not elementary Christian teaching (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12-13), in contrast to "meat," but the spiritual food of all believers. [Note: Michaels, p. 89.]