1 Peter 2:1-3

v1: If we are love one another, we need to rid ourselves of those sins that destroy love. Sins such as malice, “settled and excessive anger, retained until it inflames a person to intend trouble, to cause trouble, or to delight in any trouble that comes on another person”; deceit, including “flattery, falsehood, and delusion”; hypocrisy, “false friendship, which is practiced much by those who give high compliments that they do not believe, make promises they never intend to fulfil, or claim friendship when betrayal lies in their hearts”; envy, where we are jealous of the “abilities, prosperity, fame, or successful labours” of others; and slander, “speaking against another or defaming them.”

v2: Our desire must be for the word of God, “in order that we may grow... in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.” A love for the word of God is one sign that we are born again.

v3: To taste that the Lord is good, implies that we have been united to Christ by faith. It is then that “we may taste his goodness in all his providences, in all our spiritual concerns, in all our fears and temptations, in his word and worship every day.” As we feed on God’s Word it should be our desire to understand and experience more of His goodness.