Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Peter 2:1

"Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings," — 1 Peter 2:1 (ASV)

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 pagan vices. He is probably reminding them of what was symbolized in their baptism, the focal point of their commitment to Christ, when they stripped off the old life and made a new beginning in repentance and faith. Vice lists such as this were common in the ancient world and in the NT (cf. Mark 7:21–22; Romans 1:29–31; Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 5:19–20, 2 Peter 2:10–14).