Reading for Today - I Peter 2:1 - So put away

1 Peter 2:1 (ESV)

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Christians are called to be different and to have brotherly love. Peter urges Christians to put away several things which would be a hindrance to showing love. Peter says to put away malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and all slander.

Malice – Desire to injure another

Deceit – Craftiness

Hypocrisy – Deceptive and deceitful actions and attitudes

Envy – Feelings of unhappiness because of what someone else has

Slander – defamatory statements

May we seek to make sure these attitudes are not in our life. May we seek to show love that builds up and not those actions that destroy.