1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying away all malice, and all guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and all detractions,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation:
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms 37:1A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
Proverbs 3:31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
Proverbs 24:1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
Isaiah 2:20In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and 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 →