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

So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, 3now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.

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 God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
• 1 Peter 4:2You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
• Isaiah 2:20On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,
• Isaiah 30:22Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”
• Ezekiel 18:31Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
• Romans 13:12The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living.
• Ephesians 4:22throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.
• Colossians 3:5So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
• James 1:21So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
• James 5:9Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
• 1 Peter 2:16For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
• 1 Corinthians 5:8So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.
• Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior.
• 1 Peter 2:22He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

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

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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