1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,
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In Context
2As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:8Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, and what can he haue more saue the kingdome?
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man, vnto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquitie, and in whose spirite there is no guile.
Psalms 37:1A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.
Proverbs 3:31Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
Isaiah 2:20At that day shall man cast away his siluer idoles, and his golden idoles (which they had made themselues to worship them) to the mowles and to the backes,
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 →