1 Peter 2:3
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
KJV
εἰ ἐγεύσασθε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ κύριος.
Greek NT
si tamen gustastis quoniam dulcis est Dominus.
Vulgate
if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
ASV
If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γεύομαι
geuomai
verb · 15×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
χρηστός
chrestos
adjective · 7×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: εἰ | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰ | RP: εἴπερ
- εἰ — SBLGNT
- εἰ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἴπερ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2769In Baptism and Confirmation, the handing on (traditio) of the Lord's Prayer signifies new birth into the divine life. Since Christian prayer is our speaking to God with the very word of God, those who are "born anew". . . through the living and abiding word of God"20 learn to invoke their Father by the one Word he always hears. They can henceforth do so, for the seal of the Hol…
Cross-references
- Heb 6:5 — And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
- Heb 6:5 — And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
- Job 12:11 — Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- Ps 9:10 — And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- Ps 24:8 — Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- Ps 34:8 — O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- Ps 63:5 — My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Rom 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Zech 9:17 — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.