1 Peter 2:2

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1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

Matthew 18:3

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Ephesians 4:15

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

Hebrews 5:12-13

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.

Mark 10:15

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

2 Samuel 23:5

Is it not true my house is with God?
For He has established an everlasting covenant with me,
ordered and secured in every detail.
Will He not bring about
my whole salvation and my every desire?

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Psalm 19:7-10

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Hosea 6:3

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like the lily
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:7

The people will return and live beneath his shade.
They will grow grain
and blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Romans 6:4

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

Ephesians 2:21

The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

1 Peter 1:23

since you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

2 Peter 3:18

But 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Peter 2:2

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

New-born

The sincere

Psalm 19:7

1 Corinthians 3:2

Hebrews 5:12

Grow

General references

John 10:5

Bible References

New-born

since you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome

the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

The sincere

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,