Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. New Living Translation So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. English Standard Version So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Berean Standard Bible Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Berean Literal Bible Therefore having put aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, King James Bible Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, New King James Version Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, New American Standard Bible Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, NASB 1995 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, NASB 1977 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, Amplified Bible So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech; Christian Standard Bible Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. Holman Christian Standard Bible So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. American Standard Version Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Contemporary English Version Stop being hateful! Quit trying to fool people, and start being sincere. Don't be jealous or say cruel things about others. English Revised Version Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, GOD'S WORD® Translation So get rid of every kind of evil, every kind of deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. Good News Translation Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language. International Standard Version Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. Majority Standard Bible Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. NET Bible So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. New Heart English Bible Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander, Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, Weymouth New Testament Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking. World English Bible Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHaving put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, Berean Literal Bible Therefore having put aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, Young's Literal Translation Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, Smith's Literal Translation Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWherefore laying away all malice, and all guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and all detractions, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction. New American Bible Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander; New Revised Standard Version Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHEREFORE lay aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil accusations, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore, put away from you all wickedness, all treachery, partiality, envy and slander, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentTherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, Godbey New Testament Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations; Haweis New Testament WHEREFORE putting far away wickedness of every kind, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, Mace New Testament Renouncing therefore every kind of malice, and knavery, hypocrisy, envy, and detraction, as new-born infants desire that mystical milk, Weymouth New Testament Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking. Worrell New Testament Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, Worsley New Testament Therefore laying aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Lord is Good1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,… Cross References Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. James 1:21 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. Romans 13:12 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. Hebrews 12:1 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. Galatians 5:19-21 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. Matthew 5:22 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. James 4:11 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. 1 Corinthians 5:8 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. 2 Corinthians 12:20 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. Titus 3:3 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. Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. Proverbs 6:16-19 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, ... Zechariah 8:17 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. Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Treasury of Scripture Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, Wherefore. 1 Peter 1:18-25 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. 1 Peter 4:2 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. Isaiah 2:20 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; Isaiah 30:22 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. 1 Peter 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 1 Corinthians 5:8 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. 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. guile. 1 Peter 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 1 Peter 3:10 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: Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. hypocrisies. Job 36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. Matthew 7:5 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. Matthew 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, envies. 1 Samuel 18:8,9 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? … Jump to Previous Deceit Deceitfulness Deceits Envies Envy Envyings Evil Evil-Speakings Guile Hypocrisy Ill-Will Insincerity Kind Laying Malice Putting Rid Slander Speaking Speakings Tricks Wherefore Wickedness Wrongdoing YourselvesJump to Next Deceit Deceitfulness Deceits Envies Envy Envyings Evil Evil-Speakings Guile Hypocrisy Ill-Will Insincerity Kind Laying Malice Putting Rid Slander Speaking Speakings Tricks Wherefore Wickedness Wrongdoing Yourselves1 Peter 2 1. He exhorts to put away wickedness;4. showing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built. 11. He beseeches them also to abstain from sinful desires; 13. to be obedient to authorities; 18. and teaches servants how to obey their masters; 20. patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ. Rid yourselves The Greek word used here is "ἀποτίθημι" (apotithēmi), which means to lay aside or cast off. This term suggests a deliberate and conscious action, akin to removing a garment. In the context of Christian living, it implies an intentional rejection of behaviors and attitudes that are contrary to the new life in Christ. The imagery of casting off is powerful, indicating that these negative traits are not inherent to our new identity in Christ and must be actively discarded. therefore of all malice deceit hypocrisy envy and slander 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 (Ephesians 4:22), '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 1Peter 1:22. Verse 1. - Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments (Zechariah 3:3) of the old carnal life. So St. Paul bids us put off the old man and put on the new (Ephesians 4:22, 24; Colossians 3:8, 10; comp. also Romans 13:14, "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 Galatians 3:27, and St. Peter, when speaking of baptism in 1 Peter 3:21, 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 1 Peter 1. 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. Ephesians 4:22-31); the close resemblance between the two passages proves St. Peter's knowledge of the Epistle to the Ephesians.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Rid yourselves,Ἀποθέμενοι (Apothemenoi) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 659: To lay off or aside, renounce, stow away, put. From apo and tithemi; to put away. therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. {of} all πᾶσαν (pasan) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3956: 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 Strong's 2549: From kakos; badness, i.e. depravity, or malignity, or trouble. deceit, δόλον (dolon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 1388: Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile. hypocrisy, ὑποκρίσεις (hypokriseis) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 5272: From hupokrinomai; acting under a feigned part, i.e. deceit. envy, φθόνους (phthonous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 5355: Envy, a grudge, spite. Probably akin to the base of phtheiro; ill-will, i.e. Jealousy. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. slander. καταλαλιάς (katalalias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 2636: Evil-speaking, backbiting, detraction, slander. From katalalos; defamation. 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