‘If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.
1 Peter 2:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation, American Standard Version (1901) as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; Common English Bible Instead, like a newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the word. Nourished by it, you will grow into salvation, Catholic Public Domain Version Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation: |
‘If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
People will dwell again in his shade; they will flourish like the corn, they will blossom like the vine – Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.’
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’
Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’
Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever! Amen.