1 Peter 2:2 (KJV)

Passage

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

1 Peter 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

1 Peter 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "newborn", "babes", "desire", "sincere", "milk", "word", "grow", and "thereby". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "newborn" and "babes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Wherefore laying aside all malice and all..." into verse 3's "If so be ye have tasted that...", so "newborn" and "babes" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "newborn" and "babes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.