Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,[a](A) so that by it you may grow up into your salvation, if you have tasted(B) that the Lord is good.[b](C) As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by[c] God—

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  1. 2:2 Or desire pure spiritual milk
  2. 2:3 Ps 34:8
  3. 2:4 Or precious to

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(A) so that by it you may grow up(B) in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(C)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(D)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(E) and precious to him—

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