1 Peter 2:2 (WEB)

Passage

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Nearby Context

1 Peter 2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

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

1 Peter 2:4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Putting away therefore all wickedness all deceit..." into verse 3's "if indeed you have tasted that the...", so "newborn" and "babies" 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 "babies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.