1 Peter 2:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,  , so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,

Cross References

Ephesians 4:15

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head   #– #Christ.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  ,

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you,   whoever does not receive   , the kingdom of God like a little child   will never enter it.’

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean  will grow stronger.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love  each one of you has for one another  is increasing.

Matthew 18:3

‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘unless you turn and become like little children,   you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Ephesians 2:21

In him the whole building, being put together,  grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Romans 6:4

Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death,  in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead  by the glory of the Father,  so we too may walk in newness  of life.

Hosea 6:3

Let’s strive to know the  Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

1 Peter 1:23

because you have been born again   #– #not of perishable seed  but of imperishable #– #through the living and enduring word of God.

2 Samuel 23:5

Is it not true my house is with God? For he has established a permanent covenant  with me, ordered and secured in every detail. Will he not bring about my whole salvation and my every desire?

Hosea 14:7

The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow corn and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings,  and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, ‘Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’   ,

Luke 18:17

Truly I tell you,   whoever does not receive   the kingdom of God like a little child   will never enter it.’