1 Peter 2:1
Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,
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1 Samuel 18:8Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said,—They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands,—What, more, then, can he have but, the kingdom?
Psalms 32:2How happy the son of earth, to whom Yahweh will not reckon iniquity! and in whose spirit is no guile!
Psalms 37:1Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
Proverbs 3:31Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Isaiah 2:20In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,—which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the 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 →