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1 PETER CHAPTER 2
1Pe_2:1-3 The apostle exhorteth the Christian converts to lay
aside all uncharitableness.
1Pe_2:4-10 He showeth their privileges through Christ, the chief
corner stone.
1Pe_2:11,12 He beseecheth them to abstain from fleshly lusts, and
by their good conversation to promote God’s glory
among the Gentiles.
1Pe_2:13-17 He enforceth obedience to magistrates,
1Pe_2:18-25 and teacheth servants to obey their masters, and to suffer
patiently for well-doing, after the example of Christ.
Having in the former chapter mentioned the new birth, 1Pe_1:23, and exhorted to brotherly love, as agreeable to it, 1Pe_1:22, he begins this chapter with a dehortation, wherein he dissuades them from those vices which are contrary to the state of regenerate men in the general, and brotherly love in particular.
Laying aside; or, put off; a metaphor from an old over worn garment, fit only to be thrown away: see Eph_4:22 Col_3:8,9 Jas 1:21.
All malice; malignity, when men do evil to others voluntarily and industriously, or delight in other men’s harms: see Rom_1:29 Eph_4:31.
All guile: all fraudulence and impostures, and circumventing of others in any kind.
Hypocrisies; all flattering, and counterfeiting friendship, and showing love in words and outward carriage, when the heart is otherwise affected. Christ calls them hypocrites that flattered him, Mat_22:16,18.
Envies; grieving at other men’s welfare.
All evil speakings; all kind of detraction.