1 Peter 2:3
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If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.

Psalm 9:10 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

Psalm 24:8 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

Psalm 63:5 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

Songs 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

Zechariah 9:17 For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?

Hebrews 6:5,6 Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come, . . .

Context
The Lord is Good
2As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation: 3If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet. 4Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men but chosen and made honourable by God:…
Cross References
Psalm 34:8
O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

Titus 3:4
But when the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared:

Hebrews 6:5
Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come,

Lexicon
now that
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

you have tasted
ἐγεύσασθε (egeusasthe)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1089: (a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

[is] good.
χρηστὸς (chrēstos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5543: Useful, gentle, pleasant, kind. From chraomai; employed, i.e. useful.


Additional Translations
now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.

if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

if you have had any experience of the goodness of the Lord.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

if so be ye did taste that the Lord is gracious,
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