1 Peter 2:2 (DBY)

Passage

as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:1 Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

1 Peter 2:3 if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.

1 Peter 2:4 To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "newborn", "babes", "desire", "earnestly", "pure", "mental", "milk", and "word". 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 "Laying aside therefore all malice and all..." into verse 3's "if indeed ye have tasted that the...", 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.