1 Peter 2:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)1 Therefore, you should put out of your lives all malice [i.e., bad attitudes], and all deceit and hypocrisy, and all envy and unwholesome talk. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 SO BE done with every trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy, jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible1 Therefore, get rid of all ill will and all deceit, pretense, envy, and slander. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version1 Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction. Ver Capítulo |
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large crowd of spectators [Note: Christians are pictured here as being in a crowded arena, performing in the games], we should lay aside every [excessive] weight and sin that so easily entangles us, and with perseverance, we should run the race [of life] that lies before us.
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take that speck of sawdust out of your eye,’ when you cannot see the board in your own eye? You hypocrite, take the board out of your own eye first; then you will be able to see clearly enough to take out the speck of sawdust that is in your brother’s eye.