NEW TESTAMENT

1 Peter 2:1

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Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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Verse 1. Wherefore laying aside all malice. Saint Peter having put them in mind of the great benefit of Christ’s coming to redeem us from sin, exhorts them to avoid sin, to lead a life worthy of their vocation, to follow Christ’s doctrine, and imitate his example. Witham.

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