For you therefore who believe is the honor, but for such as are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"

 The Christian is to yearn for this milk of the word; yearn is epipothein ( G1971) which is a strong word. It is the word which is used for the hart longing for the waterbrooks ( Psalms 42:1), and for the Psalmist longing for the salvation of the Lord ( Psalms 119:174). For the sincere Christian, to study God's word is not a labour but a delight, for he knows that there his heart will find the nourishment for which it longs. 