It is tempting to answer this question with Yes, on grounds that his readers are “elect exiles” (1 Peter 1:1). But Peter’s use of the phrase “if indeed” was intended to prompt his readers to self-examination. Those who have tasted the goodness of the Lord, that is, God’s kind of milk, have an unrelenting craving for more—like the newborn infant. Peter had commanded his readers to “long for the pure…milk,” and knows that only those who have once enjoyed its good taste will heed the command readily. So, while the people Peter addresses are “elect” and “born again,” Peter would have none of his readers presume upon their election and rebirth; he would instead have them deliberately live as reborn persons.
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.