BibleWord.ai› Bible› 1 Peter› Chapter 2› Verse 3

1 Peter 2:3

New Testament Epistle (General) ASV (1901)

What does 1 Peter 2:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
1 Peter 2:3 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Peter 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
3if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
4unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
← 1 Peter 2:21 Peter 2:4 →
← Full Chapter 2 1 Peter Overview

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.] Reference is had to (<193408>Psalm 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 meant, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the following words show, who is gracious and amiable, and lovely in his person; who has a fulness of grace in him for his people; has displayed his grace towards them, in engaging for them as a surety, in assuming their nature, obeying, suffering, and dying in their stead; he is gracious in his word and promises, truths and ordinances, and in all his offices and relations; and regenerate persons have tasted that he is so: an unregenerate man has no spiritual…”
Read attributed excerpt →
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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" (Pe1 2:4), we who are born again ought so to be good and kind to the brethren (Pe1 1:22). "Whosoever has not tasted the word to him it is not sweet it has not reached the heart; but to them who have experienced it, who with the heart believe, 'Christ has been sent for me and is become my own: my miseries are His, and His life mine,' it tastes sweet" [LUTHER].”
Read attributed excerpt →
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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 subject, but to state that, since they had had an experimental acquaintance with the grace of God, they should desire to increase more and more in the knowledge and love of him. On the use of the word “taste,” see the notes at Hebrews 6:4. return to 'Top of Page'”
Read attributed excerpt →
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Since ye have tasted - Sweetly and experimentally known. 1 Peter 2:4”
Read attributed excerpt →
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:3 now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness: The words are taken from Ps 34:8. Peter quotes this psalm again in 1 Pet 3:10-12.”
Read attributed excerpt →
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Psa 9:10, Psa 24:8, Psa 63:5; Sol 2:3; Zac 9:17; Heb 6:5, Heb 6:6 1 Peter 2:4”
Read attributed excerpt →

Related study paths

Read 1 Peter 2 in contextBrowse Greek word studiesOpen this verse in the study reader

Sources and verification