1Pe 2:1 | MHM | STEP | Against Malice and Hypocrisy Peter has just encouraged Christians to love one another and has shown how powerful and lasting the word of God is. Now, he urges believers to remove sins that destroy love and stop God’s word from changing their lives. These attitudes and actions must be thrown away so that God’s people can grow stronger in faith and character. v. 1 : Peter tells the believers to put away all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking. These sins ruin relationships and stop us from receiving God’s word. Malice is holding anger and wanting to hurt others. Deceit means lying or tricking people. Hypocrisy is pretending to be good when we are not. Envy is being upset when others do well. Evil speaking is talking badly about others or spreading rumors (1 Peter 2:1; James 1:21 ; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; Romans 1:30 ).

‏ 1 Peter 2:1

Against Malice and Hypocrisy

Peter has just encouraged Christians to love one another and has shown how powerful and lasting the word of God is. Now, he urges believers to remove sins that destroy love and stop God’s word from changing their lives. These attitudes and actions must be thrown away so that God’s people can grow stronger in faith and character.

v. 1: Peter tells the believers to put away all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking. These sins ruin relationships and stop us from receiving God’s word. Malice is holding anger and wanting to hurt others. Deceit means lying or tricking people. Hypocrisy is pretending to be good when we are not. Envy is being upset when others do well. Evil speaking is talking badly about others or spreading rumors (1 Peter 2:1; James 1:21 ^a; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ^b; Romans 1:30 ^c).