“ If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. ”
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 sub...
(3) If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious. (3) He commends that spiritual nourishment for the sweetness and profit of it.
1 Peter 1:22 to 1 Peter 2:10 . The Christians, who were formerly pagans, are created a new race in Christ Jesus, and consecrated as a special priesthood of service to the whole world. Their life m...
If so be . If. App-118. have . Omit. tasted . Compare Hebrews 6:4 ; Hebrews 6:5 . Lord . App-98. gracious . App-184.
3 If so be that ye have tasted; or, If indeed ye have tasted. He alludes to Psalms 34:8 , “ Taste and see that the Lord is good.” But he says that this taste is to be had in Christ,...
DISCOURSE: 2391 GROWTH IN GRACE IS TO BE DESIRED 1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as new-born babes, desire...
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. If so be ye have tasted - Ειπερ εγευσασθε· Seeing ye have tasted. There could be no doubt that they had tasted the goodness of Christ who were bor...
If ye be ye have tasted— "And I am satisfied that ye will do so, seeing you have already tasted how sweet and pleasant the Gospel is, or know by experience that the Lord is gracious." This is...
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Peter alludes to Psalms 34:8 The first tastes of God's goodness are afterward followed by fuller experiences A Peter alludes to Psalms 34:...
If so be ye have tasted . — The “if so be,” as elsewhere ( 2 Thessalonians 1:6 , Note), constitutes a strong appeal to the readers to say whether it were not so. St. Peter confidently reckons that i...
Chapter 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22-25 ; 1 Peter 2:1-3 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none would venture to dispute, and that devout Christian...
Building on the Precious Corner-Stone 1 Peter 2:1-10 It is easy to lay aside malice, guile and evil speaking, when we are constantly feeding on the unadulterated milk of spiritual truth. If you...
In order to obey the injunctions, those to whom Peter writes are urged to put away all such things as are contrary to the spirit of love. In order to do this they will long for the sustenance of the...
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, (2) As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (3) If so b...
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Reference is had to Psalms 34:8 , "O taste and see that the Lord is good"; and the Syriac version here adds, "if ye have seen": by the Lord is me...
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Ver. 3. If so be ye have tasted ] As babes taste the milk they take down, Isaiah 66:11 . We are bidden to suck and be satisfied with the brea...
Wherefore Since the word of God is so excellent and durable in itself, and has had such a blessed effect upon you as to regenerate you, and bring you to the enjoyment of true Christian love; layin...
Ch.2: 1 Timothy 6 Since the Word of God is the solid foundation of all, eternal blessing for us, it surely follows that we should gladly lay aside all that is contrary to It. Indeed, these evils l...
Against Malice and Hypocrisy. A. D. 66. 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, an...
If so be; this doth not imply a doubting, but a supposition, as was before observed, 1 Peter 1:17 . Ye have tasted; not lightly tasted by a bare ineffectual knowledge, as Hebrews 6:4 ; but...
‘Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil talk, in the same way as newborn babes do, long for the unadulterated milk of the word, that by it you...
CHRISTIAN LIFE CALLS FOR THE PUTTING AWAY OF EVILS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE Jewish Christians addressed in this epistle are thought of as “born again” into the Christian faith and life...
1 Peter 2:3 The Spiritual Temple of Priestly Worshippers. I. We have in the text a spiritual house: "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house." Christ is the foundation; and as s...
1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, This is one of the old corruptible things, so put it away from you 1 Peter 2:1 . And all guile, All crafty tricks, all falsehood, exaggeratio...
1 Peter 2:4 . To whom coming as to a living stone. The jews boasted of their temple, an undisputed blessing. But when the christians fled from Jerusalem, they took the true, the living temple with...
Expositions 1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments ( Zechariah 3:3 ) of the old carnal life. So St. Pa...
Further Practical Admonitions. 1 Peter 2:1-10 Growth in holiness:
Hebrews 6:5 ; Hebrews 6:6 ; Psalms 24:8 ; Psalms 63:5 ; Psalms 9:10 ; Song of Solomon 2:3 ; Zechariah 9:17
Since ye have tasted — Sweetly and experimentally known.