1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
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2as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands, and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom LORD does not impute sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 37:1Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.
Proverbs 3:31Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Isaiah 2:20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:1
The general exhortation to holiness is continued, and enforced by several reasons taken from the foundation on which Christians are built, Jesus Christ, and from their spiritual blessings and privileges in him. The means of obtaining it, the word of God, is recommended, and all contrary qualities are condemned, ver. 1-12 . Particular directions are given how subjects ought to obey the magistrates, and servants their masters, patiently suffering in well doing, in imitation of Christ, ver. 13, to the end . Read the whole commentary →