1 Peter 2:1-3 Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,… 1. Keep thyself in God's presence; remember always that His eyes are upon thee (Psalm 16:8; Genesis 17:1). 2. Thou must pray much and often to God to create a right spirit within thee; for by nature we have all hypocritical hearts (Psalm 51:10). 3. Keep thy heart with all diligence, watching daily and resisting distractions, wavering thoughts, and forgetfulness. Judge thyself seriously before God (James 4:8; Matthew 23:26). 4. In all matters of well-doing be as secret as may be (Matthew 6) both in mercy, prayer, fasting, reading, and the like. 5. Be watchful over thy own ways, and see that thou be as careful of all duties of godliness in prosperity as in adversity, in health as in sickness (Job 27:9, 10). 6. Converse with such as in whom thou discernest true spirits without guile, and shun the company of known hypocrites. 7. Be not rash and easy to condemn other men for hypocrites, only because they cross thy opinions, or humours, or will, or practice. It is often observed that rash censurers that usually lash others as hypocrites fall at length into some vile kind of hypocrisy themselves. (N. Byfield.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,WEB: Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, |
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