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1 Peter 2:3

In 9 translations

BSB: now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
KJV: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
WEB: if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
ASV: if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
LSV: if [it] so be [that] you tasted that the LORD [is] good,
YLT: if so be ye did taste that the Lord [is] gracious,
DBY: if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
DRC: If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
GNV: Because yee haue tasted that the Lord is bountifull.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἰ (“if”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἴπερ (“if indeed”).

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: εἰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰ; Robinson–Pierpont read εἴπερ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: εἰ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ κύριος.
RP2018: εἴπερ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ κύριος·
TR-Boyd: εἴπερ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ Κύριος·
SCR1894: ειπερ εγευσασθε οτι χρηστος ο κυριος

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Gracious Taste Grace of God Regeneration Trinity Person of Christ Peter, the First Epistle of Word of God

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Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 34:8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Hebrews 6:5–6who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and…
Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Psalms 24:8Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Zechariah 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
Psalms 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Song of Songs 2:3Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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