1 Peter 2:1

1 Peter 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

Context of 1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 2Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow up into your salvation, 3if you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Peter 2:1 word by word

Ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν καὶ πάντα δόλον καὶ ὑποκρίσεις καὶ φθόνους καὶ πάσας καταλαλιάς,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• laying asideἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• maliceκακίαkakia · evilG2549
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• guileδόλοςdolos · deceitG1388
• hypocrisiesὑπόκρισιςhupokrisis · hypocrisyG5272
• enviesφθόνοςphthonos · envyG5355
• evil speakingsκαταλαλιάkatalalia · slanderG2636

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:1

• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
• 1 Peter 4:2in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.
• Isaiah 2:20On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
• Isaiah 30:22Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.
• Ezekiel 18:31Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?
• Romans 13:12The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
• Ephesians 4:22to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
• Colossians 3:5Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
• James 1:21Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• James 5:9Brothers and sisters, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!
• 1 Peter 2:16Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.
• 1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old leaven or with the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
• Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.
• 1 Peter 2:22He did not commit sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth;

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Wherefore, laying aside - This is in close connection with the preceding chapter, from which it should not have been separated, and the subject is continued to the end of the 10th verse. Laying aside all malice - See the notes on Ephesians 4:22-31; (note). These tempers and dispositions must have been common among the Jews, as they are frequently spoken against: Christianity can never admit of such; they show the mind, not of Christ, but of the old…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Wherefore laying aside - On the word rendered laying aside, see Romans 13:12; Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:25; Colossians 3:8. The allusion is to putting off clothes; and the meaning is, that we are to cast off these things entirely; that is, we are no longer to practice them. The word “wherefore” ( ̓͂ oun) refers to the reasonings in the first chapter. In view of the considerations stated there, we should renounce all evil. All malice - All “evil,” ( ́…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Chapter Outline A temper suitable to the Christian character as born again, is recommended. (1-10) Holy conversation among the Gentiles directed. (11-12) Subjects exhorted to pay all proper obedience to their civil governors. (13-17) Also servants to their masters, and all to be patient, according to the example of the suffering Saviour. (18-25) Verses 1-10 Evil-speaking is a sign of malice and guile in the heart; and hinders our profiting by the word of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3After calling believers to live holy lives (1:13–21), Peter explains how they must show love to one another as fellow Christians.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251Pe 2:1-25. Exhortations. To guileless feeding on the word by the sense of their privileges as new-born babes, living stones in the spiritual temple built on Christ the chief corner-stone, and royal priests, in contrast to their former state: also to abstinence from fleshly lusts, and to walk worthily in all relations of life, so that the world without which opposes them may be constrained to glorify God in seeing their good works. Christ, the grand…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:1

• Deceit
• Grace of God
• Holiness
• Hypocrisy
• Malice
• Sincerity
• Slander
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

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• Cloke
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• Sincere
• Spiritual
• Submit
• Thanksgiving

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings