1 Peter 2:2

And ¹  yearn ²  like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, ³  so that by it you may grow up to ⁴  salvation, ⁵ 

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God.

SABDAweb 1Pe 2:2

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers’ breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

bibleoremus 1Pe 2:2

Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

biblegateway 1Pe 2:2

And ¹  yearn ²  like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, ³  so that by it you may grow up to ⁴  salvation, ⁵ 

¹ tn Here “And” has been supplied in the translation to show clearly the connection between vv. 1 and 2.

² tn Grk “getting rid of…yearn for.”

³ tn The word for spiritual in Greek is λογικός (logikos), which is a play on words with the reference in 1:23-25 to the living and enduring word (λόγος, logos) of God, through which they were born anew. This is a subtle indication that the nourishment for their growth must be the word of God.

⁴ tn Or “in, in regard to.” But the focus of “salvation” here, as in 1:5, 9, is the future deliverance of these who have been born anew and protected by God’s power.

⁵ tc The Byzantine text lacks εἰς σωτηρίαν (ei" swthrian, “to salvation”), while the words are found in the earliest and best witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C K P Ψ 33 81 630 1241 1505 1739 al latt sy co). Not only is the longer reading superior externally, but since the notion of growing up [in]to salvation would have seemed theologically objectionable, it is easy to see why some scribes would omit it.