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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO I PETER 2. This chapter consists of exhortations, in general, to a holy life; and, in particular, to obedience to superiors. It begins with an exhortation to lay aside various vices, which were unbecoming regenerate persons, 1 Peter 2:1 and, agreeably to their character, as new born babes, to express a desire after the Gospel,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore, laying aside all malice,.... Since the persons the apostle writes to were born again, and therefore ought to love one another, he exhorts them to the disuse of such vices as were disagreeable to their character as regenerate men, and contrary brotherly love; he dissuades them from them, and advises to "lay them aside", either as weights...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The general exhortation to holiness is continued, and enforced by several reasons taken from the foundation on which Christians are built, Jesus Christ, and from their spiritual blessings and privileges in him. The means of obtaining it, the word of God, is recommended, and all contrary qualities are condemned, ver. 1-12. Particular directions are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, This is one of the old corruptible things, so put it away from you 1Pe_2:1. And all guile, All crafty tricks, all falsehood, exaggeration, double meanings to your words, and the like,- 1.And hypocrisies, and envies, All hatred of those who are either better or better off than you are,- 1Pe_2:1. And all evil...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. When the apostle describes us under the character of “newborn babes,” he would have us lay aside all that is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. If you have once had that sweet taste in your mouths, you will wish to have it always there, and you may do so if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Putting these evil things right away from you, having nothing further to do with any of them. Notice the repetition of the word “all.” “All malice, and all guile,” — everything in the shape of deceit, — “and all evil speakings.” All these are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,- This is what we are to lay aside, to put away from us, to banish altogether. These are the old garments of the flesh which we are to give up to the moths that they may devour them, and leave not a fragment of the old rags for us to wear. “Laying...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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: Have we not constantly declared that our faith, if true, is always practical? Here, again, we have the precepts of God’s Word. Here we are told that there is much...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As new born babes,.... The Syriac version renders it, "be ye simple as infants"; and as if it was a distinct exhortation of itself, and from that which follows; though it seems rather to be descriptive of the persons spoken to, and a character of them, under which the apostle addresses them; which carries in it a reason strengthening the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: You are in the family of God, but you are only babes in it yet; you have to grow to the stature of men in Christ Jesus, so “desire the sincere (unadulterated) milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” There is no other way of growing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Be glad to get simple truth, the “milk of the Word.” Even if you can digest the strong meat of the Word, never grow weary of the milk, for it is always good diet even for a full-grown man in Christ. Do not crave milk and water, but “desire the unadulterated milk of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: The unadulterated “milk of the Word” is the best food for those who are, spiritually, “newborn babes.” Desire this unadulterated milk of the Word not out of an idle curiosity,-but that you may grow thereby, that you may grow wiser, holier, more earnest, more like your...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Reference is had to Psalms 34:8, "O taste and see that the Lord is good"; and the Syriac version here adds, "if ye have seen": by the Lord is meant, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the following words show, who is gracious and amiable, and lovely in his person; who has a fulness of grace in him for his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone,- So that “the Lord” here meant is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is truly “a living stone,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. You begin with tasting that the Lord is gracious, you go on to desire the unadulterated milk of the Word, and so you grow in grace more and more.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. If you have spiritually tasted this great truth, you have the flavour of it upon your palate, so that it makes you long for more of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Have you tasted this? Oh! search yourselves and see, and, if ye have, then prove it by the laying aside of the evil, and the thirsting after the good.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To whom coming, as unto a living stone,.... Christ here, as often elsewhere, is compared to a "stone"; and Peter, by the use of this metaphor, shows that he is not the rock, but Christ is the rock on which the church is built, and he is the foundation stone on which every believer is laid; and it is chiefly with respect to the usefulness of a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,- When men disallow Christ, it is a matter of small account to us, as for what they have to say, it is less than nothing and vanity. Like the wild bluster of the winds, let it bluster until it has blown itself out. Christ is “disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”-