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Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. <a href="/esv/1_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. <a href="/bsb/1_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. <a href="/blb/1_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore having put aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/kjv/1_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/nkjv/1_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, <a href="/nasb_/1_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, <a href="/nasb/1_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, <a href="/nasb77/1_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, <a href="/lsb/1_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, <a href="/amp/1_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech; <a href="/csb/1_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. <a href="/hcsb/1_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. <a href="/asv/1_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/cev/1_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Stop being hateful! Quit trying to fool people, and start being sincere. Don't be jealous or say cruel things about others. <a href="/erv/1_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/gwt/1_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So get rid of every kind of evil, every kind of deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. <a href="/gnt/1_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language. <a href="/isv/1_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. <a href="/msb/1_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. <a href="/net/1_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. <a href="/nheb/1_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander, <a href="/wbt/1_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, <a href="/wey/1_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking. <a href="/web/1_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, <a href="/blb/1_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore having put aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/ylt/1_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, <a href="/slt/1_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Wherefore laying away all malice, and all guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and all detractions, <a href="/cpdv/1_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction. <a href="/nabre/1_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander; <a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THEREFORE lay aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil accusations, <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Therefore, put away from you all wickedness, all treachery, partiality, envy and slander,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Therefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, <a href="/godbey/1_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations; <a href="/haweis/1_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, <a href="/mace/1_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Renouncing therefore every kind of malice, and knavery, hypocrisy, envy, and detraction, as new-born infants desire that mystical milk, <a href="/wey/1_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking. <a href="/worrell/1_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, <a href="/worsley/1_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Therefore laying aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, <a href="/parallel/1_peter/2-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=250" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_peter/2.htm">The Lord is Good</a> 1<a href="/greek/659.htm" title="659: Apothemenoi (V-APM-NMP) -- To lay off or aside, renounce, stow away, put. From apo and tithemi; to put away.">Rid yourselves,</a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">therefore,</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasan (Adj-AFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all</a> <a href="/greek/2549.htm" title="2549: kakian (N-AFS) -- From kakos; badness, i.e. depravity, or malignity, or trouble.">malice,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-AMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole."></a> <a href="/greek/1388.htm" title="1388: dolon (N-AMS) -- Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile.">deceit,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5272.htm" title="5272: hypokriseis (N-AFP) -- From hupokrinomai; acting under a feigned part, i.e. deceit.">hypocrisy,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5355.htm" title="5355: phthonous (N-AMP) -- Envy, a grudge, spite. Probably akin to the base of phtheiro; ill-will, i.e. Jealousy.">envy,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasas (Adj-AFP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole."></a> <a href="/greek/2636.htm" title="2636: katalalias (N-AFP) -- Evil-speaking, backbiting, detraction, slander. From katalalos; defamation.">slander.</a> 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Ephesians 4:31</a> Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. <a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Colossians 3:8</a> But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. <a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a> Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a> The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. <a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a> Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a> But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. <a href="/james/4-11.htm">James 4:11</a> Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-8.htm">1 Corinthians 5:8</a> Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a> For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Titus 3:3</a> For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. <a href="/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13</a> Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a> There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ... <a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm">Zechariah 8:17</a> do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a> Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,Wherefore.<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-25</a> Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; … laying.<a href="/1_peter/4-2.htm">1 Peter 4:2</a> That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.<a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20</a> In 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;<a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a> Ye 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 menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.malice.<a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a> As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.<a href="/1_corinthians/5-8.htm">1 Corinthians 5:8</a> Therefore 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.<a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm">1 Corinthians 14:20</a> Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.guile.<a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22</a> Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:<a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">1 Peter 3:10</a> For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:<a href="/psalms/32-2.htm">Psalm 32:2</a> Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.hypocrisies.<a href="/job/36-13.htm">Job 36:13</a> But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.<a href="/matthew/7-5.htm">Matthew 7:5</a> Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.<a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Matthew 15:7</a> Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,envies.<a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm">1 Samuel 18:8,9</a> And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Deceitfulness</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Deceits</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Envies</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Envyings</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Evil-Speakings</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Guile</a> <a href="/james/5-12.htm">Hypocrisy</a> <a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Ill-Will</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Insincerity</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Malice</a> <a href="/james/5-14.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/james/4-11.htm">Slander</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/mark/3-28.htm">Speakings</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Tricks</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Deceitfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Deceits</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Envies</a> <a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Envy</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Envyings</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Evil-Speakings</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">Guile</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Hypocrisy</a> <a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Ill-Will</a> <a href="/matthew/23-28.htm">Insincerity</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/judges/6-37.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Malice</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Slander</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/mark/3-28.htm">Speakings</a> <a href="/numbers/25-18.htm">Tricks</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm">He exhorts to put away wickedness;</a> 4. <a href="/1_peter/2-4.htm">showing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built.</a> 11. <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">He beseeches them also to abstain from sinful desires;</a> 13. <a href="/1_peter/2-13.htm">to be obedient to authorities;</a> 18. <a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm">and teaches servants how to obey their masters;</a> 20. <a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_peter/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Rid yourselves, therefore, This phrase calls for an active and intentional effort to remove certain behaviors from one's life. The word "therefore" connects this command to the preceding context, where believers are encouraged to live holy lives in response to their new birth and the enduring word of God (<a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">1 Peter 1:23-25</a>). The call to "rid yourselves" implies a personal responsibility and a conscious decision to reject sinful behaviors, similar to the imagery of taking off old, dirty clothes (<a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a>).of all malice, Malice refers to a desire to harm others or see them suffer. It is a deep-seated ill will that contradicts the love and compassion expected of believers. In the cultural context of the early church, malice would have been particularly destructive to the unity and witness of the Christian community. The call to rid oneself of malice aligns with Jesus' teachings on loving one's neighbor and even one's enemies (<a href="/matthew/5-43.htm">Matthew 5:43-48</a>).deceit, Deceit involves misleading others or concealing the truth. It is contrary to the nature of God, who is truth (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>). In a historical context, deceit would undermine trust within the Christian community and damage its testimony to outsiders. The early church was called to be a light in the world, and deceit would obscure that light (<a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">Matthew 5:14-16</a>).hypocrisy, Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to be something one is not, particularly in terms of moral or religious behavior. Jesus frequently condemned the Pharisees for their hypocrisy (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>). For early Christians, living authentically was crucial for maintaining the integrity of their witness. Hypocrisy not only damages personal credibility but also the reputation of the church as a whole.envy, Envy is the feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, or possessions. It is a destructive emotion that can lead to division and strife within the community. The Bible consistently warns against envy, encouraging believers to be content and to rejoice with those who rejoice (<a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a>). Envy is contrary to the love that seeks the good of others (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4</a>).and slander. Slander involves making false and damaging statements about others. It is a sin that can destroy relationships and reputations. In the early church, slander would have been particularly harmful, as the community relied on mutual support and trust. The call to avoid slander is consistent with the biblical emphasis on speaking truthfully and building others up (<a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Ephesians 4:29</a>). Slander is also a violation of the commandment against bearing false witness (<a href="/exodus/20-16.htm">Exodus 20:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The author of the epistle, one of Jesus' twelve apostles, known for his leadership in the early church and his close relationship with Jesus. 2. <a href="/topical/r/recipients_of_the_epistle.htm">Recipients of the Epistle</a> Early Christians scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, facing persecution and needing encouragement in their faith. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The context in which Peter writes, addressing the challenges and moral conduct expected of believers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a> As believers, we are called to live lives that reflect the holiness of God. This involves actively removing sinful behaviors from our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> Peter's instructions are not just for individual conduct but for the health of the Christian community. Removing malice and deceit fosters unity and love among believers. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_christ.htm">Transformation through Christ</a> The process of ridding ourselves of sin is part of the transformation that occurs when we follow Christ. It is a continual process of sanctification. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_speech.htm">Guarding Our Speech</a> Slander and deceit are specifically mentioned, highlighting the power of words. Believers are called to speak truth and build others up. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> We rely on the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin and empower us to live righteously, as we cannot achieve this transformation on our own.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'guile'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does "guile" mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/do_you_live_honoring_the_gospel.htm">Are you living in a way that honors the Gospel?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_gossip.htm">What does the Bible say about church gossip?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_slander.htm">What is the Bible's stance on slander?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Wherefore.--That is, Because the Pauline teaching is correct which brings the Gentiles up to the same level with the Jews. It may be observed that this newly enunciated principle is called by St. Peter in the previous verse of the last chapter, a "gospel," or piece of good news, for all parties.Laying aside.--This implies that before they had been wrapped up in these sins. There had been "malice" (i.e., ill will put into action) on the part of these Hebrew Christians against their Gentile brethren, and "guile," and "hypocrisies," and "jealousies," which are all instances of concealed malice. Of these three, the first plots, the second pretends not to plot, and the third rejoices to think of the plot succeeding. The word for "all evil speakings" is literally, all talkings down--this is "malice" in word. Archbishop Leighton well says, "The Apostles sometimes name some of these evils, and sometimes other of them; but they are inseparable, all one garment, and all comprehended under that one word (<a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm" title="That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;">Ephesians 4:22</a>), 'the old man,' which the Apostle there exhorts to put off; and here it is pressed as a necessary evidence of this new birth, and furtherance of their spiritual growth, that these base habits be thrown away, ragged filthy habits, unbeseeming the children of God." All these vices (natural vices to the Jewish mind) are contrasted with the "unfeigned (literally, un-hypocritical) brotherly kindness" of <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm" title="Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:">1Peter 1:22</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments (<a href="/zechariah/3-3.htm">Zechariah 3:3</a>) of the old carnal life. So St. Paul bids us put off the old man and put on the new (<a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22, 24</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Colossians 3:8, 10</a>; comp. also <a href="/romans/13-14.htm">Romans 13:14</a>, "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ." The metaphor would be more striking when, at baptism, the old dress was laid aside, and the white chrisom was put on. St. Paul connects the putting on of Christ with baptism in <a href="/galatians/3-27.htm">Galatians 3:27</a>, and St. Peter, when speaking of baptism in <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">1 Peter 3:21</a>, uses the substantive (ἀπόθεσις) corresponding to the word here rendered "laying aside" (ἀποθέμενοι). All malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings. The sins mentioned here are all offences against that "unfeigned love of the brethren" which formed the subject of St. Peter's exhortation in the latter part of <a href="/1_peter/1.htm">1 Peter 1</a>. St. Augustine, quoted here by most commentators, says, "Malitia malo delectatur alieno; invidia bone cruciatur alieno; dolus duplicat; adulatio duplicat linguam; detrectatio vulnerat famam" (comp. <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-31</a>); the close resemblance between the two passages proves St. Peter's knowledge of the Epistle to the Ephesians. <a href="/commentaries/1_peter/2-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Rid yourselves, Ἀποθέμενοι (Apothemenoi) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_659.htm">Strong's 659: </a> To lay off or aside, renounce, stow away, put. From apo and tithemi; to put away. therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. {of} all πᾶσαν (pasan) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. malice, κακίαν (kakian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2549.htm">Strong's 2549: </a> From kakos; badness, i.e. depravity, or malignity, or trouble. deceit, δόλον (dolon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1388.htm">Strong's 1388: </a> Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile. hypocrisy, ὑποκρίσεις (hypokriseis) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5272.htm">Strong's 5272: </a> From hupokrinomai; acting under a feigned part, i.e. deceit. envy, φθόνους (phthonous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> Envy, a grudge, spite. Probably akin to the base of phtheiro; ill-will, i.e. Jealousy. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. slander. καταλαλιάς (katalalias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2636.htm">Strong's 2636: </a> Evil-speaking, backbiting, detraction, slander. 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