1 Peter 2:1
Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,
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2as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,
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 →