1 Peter 2:1

The Passion Translation

So abandon every form of evil, deceit, hypocrisy, feelings of jealousy and slander.

Cross References

Psalm 32:2

What bliss belongs to those who have confessed their corruption to God! For he wipes their slates clean and removes hypocrisy from their hearts.

Psalm 37:1

Don’t follow after the wicked ones or be jealous of their wealth. Don’t think for a moment they’re better off than you.

Psalm 73:3

I was stumbling over what I saw the wicked doing. For when I saw the boasters with such wealth and prosperity, I became jealous over their smug security.

Proverbs 14:30

A tender, tranquil heart will make you healthy, but jealousy can make you sick.

Proverbs 24:1

Don’t envy the wealth of the wicked or crave their company.

Proverbs 24:19

Don’t be angrily offended over evildoers or be agitated by them.

Proverbs 3:31

Don’t act like those bullies or learn their ways.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day, people will throw away the worthless idols their hands have made from gold and silver. They will fling their treasures to the rodents and bats

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will see your idols as they are—unclean! Your silver-overlaid idols and gold-plated images are defiled. You will discard them like a filthy menstrual cloth, saying to them, “Good riddance!”

Matthew 15:7

Frauds and hypocrites! Isaiah described you perfectly when he said:

Matthew 23:28

Outwardly you masquerade as righteous people, but inside your hearts you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 24:51

And the master will cut him in two and assign him to the place of great sorrow and anguish along with all the other hypocrites.”

Matthew 7:5

You’re being hypercritical and a hypocrite! First acknowledge and deal with your own ‘blind spots,’ and then you’ll be capable of dealing with the ‘blind spot’ of your friend.

Mark 12:15

Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Show me one of the Roman coins.”

Luke 11:44

“You Pharisees, what hypocrites! Your true character is hidden, like an unmarked grave that hides the corruption inside, defiling all who come in contact with you.”

Luke 12:1

By now a crowd of many thousands had gathered around Jesus. So many people pushed to be near him, they began to trample one another. Jesus turned to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. It permeates everything they do and teach, like leaven.

Luke 6:42

How could you say to your friend, ‘Here, let me show you where you’re wrong,’ when you are guilty of even more than he? You are overly critical, splitting hairs and being a hypocrite! You must acknowledge your own blind spots and deal with them before you will be able to deal with the blind spot of your friend.”

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said, “Here comes a true son of Israel—an honest man with no hidden motive!”

Romans 1:29

Their sinful lives became full of every kind of evil, wicked schemes, greed, and cruelty. Their hearts overflowed with jealous cravings, and with conflict and strife, which drove them into hateful arguments and murder. They are deceitful liars full of hostility. They are gossips

1 Corinthians 14:20

Beloved ones, don’t remain as immature children in your reasoning. As it relates to evil, be like newborns, but in your thinking be mature adults.

1 Corinthians 5:8

So now we can celebrate our continual feast, not with the old “leaven,” the yeast of wickedness or bitterness, but we will feast on the freshly baked bread of innocence and holiness.

2 Corinthians 12:20

Now I’m afraid that when I come to you I may find you different than I desire you to be, and you may find me different than you would like me to be. I don’t want to find you in disunity, with jealousy and angry outbursts, with selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and turmoil.

Ephesians 4:31

Lay aside bitter words, temper tantrums, revenge, profanity, and insults.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Our coming alongside you to encourage you was not out of some delusion, or impure motive, or an intention to mislead you,

1 Timothy 3:11

And the women also who serve the church should be dignified, faithful in all things, having their thoughts set on truth, and not known as those who gossip.

Titus 2:3

Likewise with the female elders, lead them into lives free from gossip and drunkenness and to be teachers of beautiful things.

Hebrews 12:1

As for us, we have all of these great witnesses who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into. Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.

James 1:21

So this is why we abandon everything morally impure and all forms of wicked conduct. Instead, with a sensitive spirit we absorb God’s Word, which has been implanted within our nature, for the Word of Life has power to continually deliver us.

James 3:14

But if there is bitter jealousy or competition hiding in your heart, then don’t deny it and try to compensate for it by boasting and being phony.

James 4:11

Dear friends, as part of God’s family, never speak against another family member, for when you slander a brother or sister you violate God’s law of love. And your duty is not to make yourself a judge of the law of love by saying that it doesn’t apply to you, but your duty is to obey it!

James 4:5

Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover who intensely desires to have more and more of us”?

James 5:9

Since each of you are part of God’s family never complain or grumble about each other so that judgment will not come on you, for the true Judge is near and very ready to appear!

1 Peter 2:16

As God’s loving servants, you should live in complete freedom, but never use your freedom as a cover-up for evil.

1 Peter 2:22

He never sinned and he never spoke deceitfully.

1 Peter 3:10

For the Scriptures tell us: Whoever wants to embrace true life and find beauty in each day

1 Peter 4:2

So live the rest of your earthly life no longer concerned with human desires but consumed with what brings pleasure to God.

1 Peter 4:4

They marvel that you no longer rush to join them in the excesses of their corrupt lifestyles, and so they vilify you.

Revelation 14:5

Their words are always true; they are without flaw.