1 Peter 2:1

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Wherefore	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
aside	Ἀποθέμενοι Apothemenoi	G659	to put away (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist middle participle, nominative plural masculine
all	πᾶσαν pasan	G3956	all · adjective — accusative singular feminine
malice	κακίαν kakian	G2549	badness · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πάντα panta	G3956	all · adjective — accusative singular masculine
guile	δόλον dolon	G1388	compare G1185 (δελεάζω)) · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
hypocrisies	ὑποκρίσεις hupokriseis	G5272	acting under a feigned part · noun — accusative plural feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
envies	φθόνους phthonous	G5355	ill-will (as detraction) · noun — accusative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πάσας pasas	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural feminine
speakings	καταλαλιάς, katalalias	G2636	defamation · noun — accusative plural feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your…
James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judget…
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:
Colossians 3:5-8 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousnes…
Titus 3:3-5 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful,…
Ephesians 4:22-25 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:1-3

The holy apostle has been recommending mutual charity, and setting forth the excellences of the word of God, calling it an incorruptible seed, and saying that it liveth and abideth for ever. He pursues his discourse, and very properly comes in with this necessary advice, Wherefore laying aside all malice, etc. These are such sins as both destroy charity and hinder the efficacy of the word, and consequently they prevent our regeneration. I. His advice is to lay aside or put off what is evil, as one would do an old rotten garment: "Cast it away with indignation, never put it on more." 1. The sins to be put off, or thrown aside, are, (1.) Malice, which may be taken more generally for all sorts…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 2:1

Wherefore, 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 Eph 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 murderer.

John Gill on 1 Peter 2:1

Wherefore, laying aside all malice,.... Since the persons the apostle writes to were born again, and therefore ought to love one another, he exhorts them to the disuse of such vices as were disagreeable to their character as regenerate men, and contrary brotherly love; he dissuades them from them, and advises to "lay them aside", either as weights and burdens, which it was not fit for new born babes to carry; see Hebrews 12:1 or rather as old worn out clothes, as filthy rags, which should be put off, laid by, and never used more, being what were very unsuitable to their character and profession to wear: the metaphor is the same as in Ephesians 4:22 and the first he mentions is malice; to liv…

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John Calvin on 1 Peter 2:1-5

The Church Fathers

As you have been born again by the Word of the living God, lay aside all malice, for an infant has no malice in him.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

This verse upsets the heretics, who like to think that natures are good or bad in themselves and therefore cannot be changed. But what Peter says is fully in line with the words of Jesus: "You must be born again."
— Didymus the Blind, COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

The Word Himself, then, the beloved One, and our nourisher, hath shed His own blood for us, to save humanity; and by Him, we, believing on God, flee to the Word, "the care-soothing breast" of the Father. And He alone, as is befitting, supplies us children with the milk of love, and those only are truly blessed who suck this breast. Wherefore also Peter says: "Laying therefore aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envy, and evil speaking, as new-born babes, desire the milk of the word, that ye may grow by it to salvation; if ye have tasted that the Lord is Christ."
— Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor Book 1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Deceit · .Should lay asi — .Should lay asi
Envy · 6:4,5; — 6:4,5;
Grace Of God · GROWTH IN — GROWTH IN
Holiness · 2:17;5:22-25;6:15; — 2:17;5:22-25;6:15;
Hypocrisy · 6:26,70;7:19;15:2,6; — 6:26,70;7:19;15:2,6;
Hypocrites · Spirit of, hinders growth in grace — Spirit of, hinders growth in grace
Malice · 4:31; — 4:31;
Sincerity · Exhortations to — Exhortations to
Slander · Saints: Should lay aside — Saints: Should lay aside
Speaking · 1:29,30;3:13,14; — 1:29,30;3:13,14;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).