1 Peter 2:3 KJV — MannaFest

1 Peter 2:3

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

KJV

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ASV

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

WEB

now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

YLT

if so be ye did taste that the Lord is gracious,

DBT

if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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11 verses on the floor

Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Psalms 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Hebrews 6:5–6
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Psalms 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Psalms 24:8
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

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Particular directions are given how subjects ought to obey the magistrates, and servants their masters, patiently suffering in well doing, in imitation of Christ,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The apostle does not express a doubt, but affirms that these good Christians had tasted the goodness of God, and hence argues with them. "You ought to lay aside these vile sins (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Peter alludes to Ps 34:8. The first "tastes" of God's goodness are afterwards followed by fuller and happier experiences. A taste whets the appetite [BENGEL]. gracious--Greek, "good," benignant, kind; as God is revealed to us in Christ, "the Lord" (1Pe 2:4), we who are born again ought so to be good and kind to the brethren (1Pe 1:22).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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