## Therefore put aside ##

"So stop doing"

## As newborn infants ##

The believers are compared to newborn infants who need milk to grow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## long for ##

"desire intensely" or "yearn for"

## you may grow in salvation ##

"you may grow spiritually." The word "you" refers to the believers mentioned in chapter 1.

## if you have tasted that the Lord is kind ##

"because you have experienced that the Lord acts very kindly toward you" (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])