Revised Webster's Bible
1 Peter 2:1
1Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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 laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye may grow by it: 3If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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Ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν καὶ πάντα δόλον καὶ ὑποκρίσεις καὶ φθόνους καὶ πάσας καταλαλιάς,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:1
- 1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain way of life received by tradition from your fathers;
- 1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 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;
- Isaiah 30:22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth; thou shalt say to it, Be gone from me.
- Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
- Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- James 1:21Therefore put away all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- James 5:9Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
- 1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- 1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- 1 Peter 2:22Who committed no sin, neither was guile 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
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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
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