1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings,
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2As new-born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms 37:1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Isaiah 2:20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles 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 →