1 Peter 2:2 · WEB
“as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,”
— 1 Peter 2:2
Speaker
Peter
Era
Apostolic Era (~50 AD)
Emotion
growing
Type
metaphor
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Commandspiritual growthword of godmaturity
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