King James Version
1 Peter 2:1 in the King James Version says “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,” — study this verse from 1 Peter chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”
1 Peter 2:1 · KJV
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby :
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“malice”
G2549badness, i.e., (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“hypocrisies”
G5272acting under a feigned part, i.e., (figuratively) deceit ("hypocrisy")
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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