Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Peter 2:2 - 2:2

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Peter 2:2 - 2:2


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As newborn babes (hōs artigennēta brephē). Brephos, old word, originally unborn child (Luk 1:41-44), then infant (Luk 2:12), here figuratively, like nēpioi. Artigennēta is a late and rare compound (Lucian, imperial inscription) from arti and gennaō, with evident allusion to anagegennēmenoi in 1Pe 1:23, probably meaning that they were recent converts, possibly slight proof that the Epistle written before Romans by Paul (Kuhl).

Long for (epipothēsate). First aorist (constative) active imperative of epipotheō, old verb for intense yearning (Phi 2:26).

The spiritual milk which is without guile (to logikon adolon gala). Gala is old word for milk as in 1Co 9:7 and as metaphor in 1Co 3:2. Adolos is an old compound (here alone in N.T.) adjective (alpha privative and dolos deceit), unadulterated milk which, alas, is so hard to get. Logikon is an old adjective in ̇ikos, from logos (reason, speech), in N.T. only here and Rom 12:1, used here with allusion to logou (1Pe 1:23) and rēma (1Pe 1:25), “the sincere milk of the word” (“the milk belonging to the word,” either the milk which is the word or the milk contained in the word, that is Christ). So Bigg holds. But in Rom 12:1 Paul uses logikon in the sense of “rational” or “spiritual,” and that idea is possible here as Hort holds. In the Pelagia legend (Usener) we have the phrase tōn logikōn probatōn tou Christou (the spiritual or rational sheep of Christ).

That ye may grow thereby (hina en autōi auxēthēte). Purpose clause with hina and the first aorist passive subjunctive of auxanō, old and common verb to grow. See this same metaphor in Col 2:19; Eph 4:15. Peter uses the word of God as the food for growth, especially for babes in Christ, not emphasizing the distinction from solid food (brōma) made in 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:13. Salvation (sōtērian) here is final salvation.