1 Peter 2:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Be like newborn babies who are thirsty for the pure spiritual milk that will help you grow and be saved.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:15

Love should always make us tell the truth. Then we will grow in every way and be more like Christ, the head

2 Peter 3:18

Let the wonderful kindness and the understanding that come from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ help you to keep on growing. Praise Jesus now and for ever! Amen.

Mark 10:15

I promise you that you cannot get into God's kingdom, unless you accept it the way a child does.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

My friends, stop thinking like children. Think like mature people and be as innocent as tiny babies.

Proverbs 4:18

The lifestyle of good people is like sunlight at dawn that keeps getting brighter until broad daylight.

Job 17:9

They would do the right thing and because they did, they would grow stronger.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

My dear friends, we always have good reason to thank God for you, because your faith in God and your love for each other keep growing all the time.

Matthew 18:3

Then he said: I promise you this. If you don't change and become like a child, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

Ephesians 2:21

Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord.

Romans 6:4

When we were baptized, we died and were buried with Christ. We were baptized, so that we would live a new life, as Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father.

Hosea 6:3

Let's do our best to know the LORD. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.

1 Peter 1:23

Do this because God has given you new birth by his message that lives on for ever.

2 Samuel 23:5

I have ruled this way, and God will never break his promise to me. God's promise is complete and unchanging; he will always help me and give me what I hope for.

Hosea 14:7

You will rest in my shade, and your grain will grow. You will blossom like a vineyard and be famous as the wine from Lebanon.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew— then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who honour my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays, and you will jump around like calves at play.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and don't try to stop them! People who are like these children belong to God's kingdom.”

Luke 18:17

You will never get into God's kingdom unless you enter it like a child!”