<p>2:3- see on Rom. 2:4.</p><p><i>If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious- </i>1 Pet.2:2,3 describes desiring &quot;the sincere milk of the word&quot; as <i>tasting</i> the grace of the Lord, through knowing &quot;the word of his grace&quot; Acts 20:32). Peter may well be alluding to Heb.6:4,5 concerning <i>tasting</i> &quot;the Heavenly gift&quot;, <i>tasting</i> &quot;the good word of God&quot;, which parallels being &quot;made partakers of the Holy Spirit&quot;. Thus the word of Jesus is connected to the gift of the Spirit, a connection made all the stronger once we realize that the Greek word for &quot;grace&quot; sometimes refers to the gift of the Holy Spirit. Peter is quoting here from the LXX of Ps. 34:8, so we can agree with the GNB: &quot;As the scripture says, &quot;You have found out for yourselves how kind the Lord is&quot;&quot;. In this case, we have the sense that in our receipt of salvation at the last day, we will have a totally unique and personal experience. We will have found out His grace for ourselves.</p>