1 Peter 2:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 2:3

now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

BSB

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ASV

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

KJV

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

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Commentary

5 voices

Irenaeus

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus (202)

True knowledge, then, consists in the understanding of Christ, which Paul terms the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which "the natural man receiveth not," the doctrine of the cross; of which if any man "taste," he will not accede to the disputations and quibbles of proud and puffed-up men, who go into matters of which they have no perception. For the truth is unsophisticated; and "the word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart," as the same apostle declares, being easy of comprehension to those who are obedient.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Our Lord Jesus Christ is very gracious to his people. He is in himself infinitely good; he is very kind, free, and merciful to miserable sinners; he is pitiful and good to the undeserving; he has in him a fulness of grace. The graciousness of our Redeemer is best discovered by an experimental taste of it.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious - Or rather, as Doddridge renders it, “Since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” The apostle did not mean to express any doubt on the subject, but to state that, since they had had an experimental acquaintance with the grace of God, they should desire to increase more and more in the knowledge and love of him. On the use of the word “taste,” see the notes at Heb 6:4.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2168: “The Test of Taste” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1890)

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
ἐγεύσασθε	egeusasthe	you have tasted	G1089 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
χρηστὸς	chrēstos	[is] good	G5543 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος.	kurios	Lord.	G2962 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
leads to
- Psalms 119:103
  How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- Hebrews 6:4–5
  It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:2–3
  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- Jeremiah 31:14
  I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 63:5
  My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Through
Psalms 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
leads to
- Psalms 36:7–9
  How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Isaiah 25:6
  On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
Through
Psalms 24:8
Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
leads to
- Exodus 15:3
  The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Peter