1 Peter Chapter 2

“Wherefore, laying aside all malice, etc.] 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 <581201>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…”

“EXHORTATIONS. (1Pe. 2:1-25) laying aside--once for all: so the Greek aorist expresses as a garment put off. The exhortation applies to Christians alone, for in none else is the new nature existing which, as "the inward man" (Eph 3:16) can cast off the old as an outward thing, so that the Christian, through the continual renewal of his inward man, can also exhibit himself externally as a new man. But to unbelievers the demand is addressed, that inwardly, in regard to the nous (mind), they must become changed, meta-noeisthai (re-pent) [STEIGER]. The "therefore" resumes the exhortation begun in Pe1 1:22. Seeing that…”

“Wherefore laying aside - On the word rendered laying aside, see Romans 13:12; Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:25; Colossians 3:8. The allusion is to putting off clothes; and the meaning is, that we are to cast off these things entirely; that is, we are no longer to practice them. The word “wherefore” (οὖν oun) refers to the reasonings in the first chapter. In view of the considerations stated there, we should renounce all evil. All malice - All “evil,” (κακίαν kakian.) The word “malice” we commonly apply now to a particular kind of evil, denoting extreme enmity of heart, ill-will, a disposition to injure others…”

“Wherefore laying aside - As inconsistent with that pure love. All dissimulation - Which is the outward expression of guile in the heart. 1 Peter 2:2”

“2:2 Believers, who have been “born again” (1:23), are to be like newborn babies in naturally and regularly craving pure spiritual milk. Elsewhere in the New Testament, milk (in contrast to solid food) stands for elementary Christian teaching (1 Cor 3:2; Heb 5:12-13). This does not imply that Peter’s readers are new believers, however; here, it probably refers to God’s word in general.”

“Wherefore: Pe1 1:18-25 laying: Pe1 4:2; Isa 2:20, Isa 30:22; Eze 18:31, Eze 18:32; Rom 13:12; Eph 4:22-25; Col 3:5-8; Heb 12:1; Jam 1:21, Jam 5:9 malice: Pe1 2:16; Co1 5:8, Co1 14:20; Eph 4:31; Tit 3:3-5 guile: Pe1 2:22, Pe1 3:10; Psa 32:2, Psa 34:13; Joh 1:47; Th1 2:3; Rev 14:5 hypocrisies: Job 36:13; Mat 7:5, Mat 15:7, Mat 23:28, Mat 24:51; Mar 12:15; Luk 6:42, Luk 11:44, Luk 12:1; Jam 3:17 envies: Sa1 18:8, Sa1 18:9; Psa 37:1, Psa 73:3; Pro 3:31, Pro 14:30, Pro 24:1, Pro 24:19; Rom 1:29, Rom 13:13; Co1 3:2, Co1 3:3; Co2 12:20; Gal 5:21-26; Jam 3:14, Jam 3:16, Jam 4:5 all evil: Pe1 4:4; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Ti1…”