Putting away therefore (αποθεμενο ουν). Second aorist middle participle of αποτιθημ, old and common verb, in metaphorical sense ei…

CHAPTER II. ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER.

This chapter may be divided into three parts:

1. An exhortation to those whom the apostle …

For this reason—that is, because the Pauline teaching, which brings the Gentiles to the same level as the Jews, is correct. It may…

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere mil…

Peter’s Christian readers have obeyed the truth of the Gospel and were purified (1:21). Therefore they must “rid” themselves (GK 700) of various pa…

Wherefore, laying aside all malice
Since the persons the apostle writes to were born again, and therefore ought to l…

Evil-speaking is a sign of malice and guile in the heart, and it hinders our benefiting from the word of God. A new life needs suitable food. Infan…