1 Peter 2:2

In 9 translations

BSB

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

KJV

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

WEB

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

ASV

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

LSV

as newborn babies, desire the reasonable, unspoiled milk, so that you may grow up to salvation,

YLT

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

DBY

as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

DRC

As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation:

GNV

As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν,

RP2018

ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη, τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε,

TR-Boyd

ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη, τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε,

SCR1894

ως αρτιγεννητα βρεφη το λογικον αδολον γαλα επιποθησατε ινα εν αυτω αυξηθητε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 5:12–13Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the…
• Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1–2Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
• Matthew 18:3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
• Psalms 19:7–10The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
• Ephesians 2:21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
• Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
• 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
• 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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