“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”

—  Saint Peter

1 Peter 2:2 NIV
First Epistle of Peter

Original

ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν.

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