1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2as new-born babes, earnestly desire the pure spiritual milk, that you may grow by it,
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 →