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1 Peter 2:1
1 Wherefore [oun] laying aside [apotithemi] all [pas] malice [kakia], and [kai] all [pas] guile [dolos], and [kai] hypocrisies [hupokrisis], and [kai] envies [phthonos], and [kai] all [pas] evil speakings [katalalia], KJV-Interlinear
2 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, NASB
Therefore, because of the details of chapter one, because God has done everything for us, because the world has done nothing and can do nothing for us, because we have phenomenal blessings waiting for us, both in this life and especially in the next, because of all of these things and more, we should make a change in our lives.
We should make a change that will be permanent and that will be compatible with truth, and enhance our overall life, towards making us complete in the truest sense.
We should put off the sin nature. Laying aside, ‘apotithemi,’ suggests a complete change of wardrobe, a complete change of clothing. Whereas your typical clothing may be casual clothing or work clothing, now your attire should be more of a formal nature. This is the contrast, a dramatic contrast, such as comparing blue jeans to a tux or evening gown.
The sense here means that you need to change your entire thinking process. Your mind needs a complete overhauling and transformation, from that which is driven by the sin nature, to that which is driven by the Word of God.
Malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy and slander are general terms referring to the entire realm of the sin nature, both of sin and of human good.
Malice generally refers to hostility or hate. The causing of injury for the mere gratification of it, or to get even.
Guile refers to deceit, fraud, dishonesty, deception, taking advantage of another especially when you know better.
Hypocrisy refers to pretense, insincerity, duplicity, double standards, and such.
Envy refers to sins of greed or desire, or wanting something that someone else has, or hating them for what they have.
Slander is a reference to the works of the mouth. Speaking ill of another, with malice, with hate, with insults, with the intent of doing harm, with the intent of promoting yourself at another's expense.
And whether any of these attitudes or actions have a valid reason behind them, they are always without merit, never condoned, and should be put away and never turned to, within your life.
God gives you gifts, phenomenal gifts, and your receive more and more gifts as you divorce your life from the sin nature. The sin nature only removes these gifts from your life. Can an act of hate be worth more than a gift of infinite value? Measure your infinite loss against a temporary gratification from sin, then put away sin.
