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1 Peter 2

1 Peter 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
laying aside
apotithemi (Greek #659)
to put away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off).
Pronounce: ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee
Origin: from 575 and 5087
h all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
malice
kakia (Greek #2549)
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
KJV usage: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
Pronounce: kak-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2556
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
guile
dolos (Greek #1388)
a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile
KJV usage: craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
Pronounce: dol'-os
Origin: from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω (probably meaning to decoy; compare 1185)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
hypocrisies
hupokrisis (Greek #5272)
acting under a feigned part, i.e. (figuratively) deceit ("hypocrisy")
KJV usage: condemnation, dissimulation, hypocrisy.
Pronounce: hoop-ok'-ree-sis
Origin: from 5271
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kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
envies
phthonos (Greek #5355)
ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite)
KJV usage: envy.
Pronounce: fthon'-os
Origin: probably akin to the base of 5351
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
evil speakings
katalalia (Greek #2636)
defamation
KJV usage: backbiting, evil speaking.
Pronounce: kat-al-al-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2637
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  He exhorts them from the breach of charity;
4-10:  shewing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built.
11-12:  He beseeches them also to abstain from fleshly lusts;
13-17:  to be obedient to magistrates;
18-19:  and teaches servants how to obey their masters;
20-25:  patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ.
Wherefore.
laying.
1 Peter 4:2• 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. (1 Peter 4:2)
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Isa. 2:20• 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; (Isa. 2:20)
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Isa. 30:22• 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 menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. (Isa. 30:22)
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Ezek. 18:31‑32• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
(Ezek. 18:31‑32)
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Rom. 13:12• 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 armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)
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Eph. 4:22‑25• 22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
(Eph. 4:22‑25)
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Col. 3:5‑8• 5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
(Col. 3:5‑8)
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Heb. 12:1• 1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about 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, (Heb. 12:1)
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James 1:21• 21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21)
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James 5:9• 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. (James 5:9)
malice.
guile.
hypocrisies.
Job 36:13• 13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. (Job 36:13)
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Matt. 7:5• 5Thou 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. (Matt. 7:5)
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Matt. 15:7• 7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, (Matt. 15:7)
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Matt. 23:28• 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. (Matt. 23:28)
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Matt. 24:51• 51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:51)
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Mark 12:15• 15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. (Mark 12:15)
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Luke 6:42• 42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. (Luke 6:42)
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Luke 11:44• 44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. (Luke 11:44)
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Luke 12:1• 1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (Luke 12:1)
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James 3:17• 17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)
envies.
1 Sam. 18:8‑9• 8And 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?
9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
(1 Sam. 18:8‑9)
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Psa. 37:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. (Psa. 37:1)
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Psa. 73:3• 3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (Psa. 73:3)
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Prov. 3:31• 31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. (Prov. 3:31)
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Prov. 14:30• 30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. (Prov. 14:30)
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Prov. 24:1,19• 1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
(Prov. 24:1,19)
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Rom. 1:29• 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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Rom. 13:13• 13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Rom. 13:13)
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1 Cor. 3:2‑3• 2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
(1 Cor. 3:2‑3)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: (2 Cor. 12:20)
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Gal. 5:21‑26• 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
(Gal. 5:21‑26)
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James 3:14,16• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
(James 3:14,16)
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James 4:5• 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? (James 4:5)
all evils.
 bear in mind the force of the opening word; which means an act done once for all, as the aorist implies, the tense of what may be called factness, not of gradual process. (1 Peter 2:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 Every kind of malice is unworthy of those born again, born of God Who is love; for it may hide its spirit of hatred, and assume many a disguise to accomplish its nefarious ends. (1 Peter 2:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 "Guile" naturally succeeds "malice" in order to do the man deadly mischief, and withal escape detection. (1 Peter 2:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 hypocrisy has its spring in claiming to have the good we lack, envy seeks to deny and defame the real good of others. (1 Peter 2:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 Lastly, and fittingly therefore, comes the warning against "all evil speakings," for what a variety of shapes this wears! And how readily it cheats many a one under the plea of care for the Lord's honor and just censure of what is wrong? (1 Peter 2:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 "Laying aside all malice,... desire the sincere milk of the word" (1 Peter 2:1, 2), is like plowing the ground before you put the seed in. (Hunt’s Sayings - 3 by R. Hunt)
 Malice, envy and evil speakings specially concern our relations with our fellows, and they are particularly mentioned because Peter is now going to bring before us truth which shows us the believer in intimate relation with all his fellow-believers. (1 Peter 2 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

W. Kelly Translation

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Putting away therefore all malicea and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,

WK Translation Notes

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The word "malice" seems better than "wickedness" of the T. R. It is allowed that the latter more general term may be well in such texts as {vi 27199}{/vi}.