Catholic Public Domain Version
"if it is true that you have tasted that the Lord is sweet. "
— 1 Peter 2:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”
“if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: ”
“if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:”
“if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.”
“If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.”
“If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:”
“If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”
Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,
if it is true that you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God,
be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Because of this, Scripture asserts: “Behold, I am setting in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious. And whoever will have believed in him will not be confounded.”