1 Peter 2 Bible study: As newborn babies

The chapter opens: "Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking," (2:1) (tap Putting away and wickedness). The sentence goes on: "as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow," (2:2) (tap pure and grow), "if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious." (2:3). Five things are named to be put away, and then one thing to long for. These notes say no more of the milk than the verse's own words, pure and spiritual. Throughout the chapter they explain the letter only from its words, and apply none of it to any church, people, nation or person today.

Isaiah 53:9→leads to1 Peter 2:22

Isaiah says, "They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth" (Isaiah 53:9). Peter (1 Peter 1:1) writes, "For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps" (1 Peter 2:21), "who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”" (1 Peter 2:22). Peter doesn't name Isaiah. The words he gives in quotation marks are close to the end of 53:9, and the WEB words them differently: nor was any deceit in his mouth (Isaiah 53:9) and neither was deceit found in his mouth (1 Peter 2:22). He gives them of Christ, who "suffered for us" (1 Peter 2:21). The next verses of 1 Peter have more of the chapter's words, and the go-deeper sets them out.

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Strong's: "undeceitful, i.e. (figuratively) unadulterated". "as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow" (2:2): behind pure is this one word, and the New Testament has it only here (counted in RP2018, and in all eight editions TAGNT compares). The catch Deceit, and without deceit sets it beside 2:1.