Jesus Is the Living Stone

2 So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all ·lying [deceit], hypocrisy, ·jealousy [envy], and ·evil speech [slander; ^Call traits that destroy relationships; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 4:25–32; Col. 3:8]. ² As newborn babies want milk, you should want the ·pure [sincere; unadulterated] and ·simple [or spiritual] ·teaching [^Lmilk; ^Cprobably referring to the word of God; see 1:23–25]. By it you can ·mature [grow; reach maturity] in your salvation, ³ because you have already ·examined and seen [^Ltasted] how good the Lord is [Ps. 34:8].