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1 Peter 2:1

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

Wherefore {G3767} laying aside {G659} all {G3956} malice {G2549}, and {G2532} all {G3956} guile {G1388}, and {G2532} hypocrisies {G5272}, and {G2532} envies {G5355}, and {G2532} all {G3956} evil speakings {G2636},

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, of all deceit, hypocrisy and envy, and of all the ways there are of speaking against people;

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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Cross-References

  • Ephesians 4:31 (22 votes)

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

  • James 1:21 (18 votes)

    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • James 4:11 (14 votes)

    ¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • 1 Peter 3:10 (12 votes)

    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 (10 votes)

    ¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  • Colossians 3:8 (10 votes)

    ¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

  • Ephesians 4:22 (9 votes)

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;