1 Peter 2:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

1 Peter 2:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
Zechariah 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

The holy apostle has been recommending mutual charity, and setting forth the excellences of the word of God, calling it an incorruptible seed, and saying that it liveth and abideth for ever. He pursues his discourse, and very properly comes in with this necessary advice, Wherefore laying aside all malice, etc. These are such sins as both destroy charity and hinder the efficacy of the word, and con…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. Peter alludes to Psa 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). “Whosoever has not tasted the word to him it is not sweet…