1 Peter 2:2-4

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Peter 2:2 tn Here “And” has been supplied in the translation to show clearly the connection between vv. 1 and 2.
2. 1 Peter 2:2 tn Grk “getting rid of…yearn for.”
3. 1 Peter 2:2 tn The word for spiritual in Greek is λογικός (logikos), which is a play on words with the reference in 1:23-25 to the living and enduring word (λόγος, logos) of God, through which they were born anew. This is a subtle indication that the nourishment for their growth must be the word of God.
4. 1 Peter 2:2 tn Or “in, in regard to.” But the focus of “salvation” here, as in 1:5, 9, is the future deliverance of these who have been born anew and protected by God’s power.
5. 1 Peter 2:2 tc The Byzantine text lacks εἰς σωτηρίαν (eis sōtērian, “to salvation”), while the words are found in the earliest and best witnesses, along with others (P⁷² א A B C K P Ψ 33 81 630 1241 1505 1739 al latt sy co). Not only is the longer reading superior externally, but since the notion of growing up [in]to salvation may have seemed theologically objectionable, it is easy to see why some scribes would omit it.
6. 1 Peter 2:3 tn Grk “have tasted that the Lord is kind.”
7. 1 Peter 2:3 sn A quotation from Ps 34:8.
8. 1 Peter 2:4 tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.
9. 1 Peter 2:4 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.
10. 1 Peter 2:4 tn Grk “chosen, precious.”