1 Peter 2:2 Cross References - Goodspeed

² and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,

³ and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

¹⁵ I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."

⁴ Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life.

¹ So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living. ² I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Why, you are not ready for it now,

²⁰ Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

²¹ Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord,

¹⁵ We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head—Christ himself.

³ We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

¹² For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food. ¹³ For anyone who is limited to milk is unacquainted with Christian teaching, for he is only an infant.

²³ for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.

¹⁸ You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.