1 Peter 2:1

Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,

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Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

In Context

2And as newe borne babes, desire ye ye milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby [vnto saluatio]

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Cross References

Proverbs 24:1Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them:

Isaiah 2:20In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer, and his gods of golde, into the holes of Mowles and Backes, which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them.

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 →

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