1 Peter 2:3 (ASV)

Passage

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

1 Peter 2:3 if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

1 Peter 2:4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

1 Peter 2:5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tasted", "lord", and "gracious". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tasted" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "as newborn babes long for the spiritual..." into verse 4's "unto whom coming a living stone rejected...", so "tasted" and "lord" 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 "tasted" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.