1 Peter 2:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:31 : 31 You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
  • Col 3:5-8 : 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 7 You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
  • Eph 4:22-25 : 22 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image– in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. 25 Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • Ps 34:13 : 13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
  • Rom 13:12-13 : 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
  • 1 Cor 3:2-3 : 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready, 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!
  • Ezek 18:31-32 : 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  • Matt 23:28 : 28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Luke 6:42 : 42 How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  • Ps 32:2 : 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But“when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.
  • Jas 3:16-17 : 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
  • Prov 3:31 : 31 Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
  • Isa 30:22 : 22 You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
  • 1 Cor 5:8 : 8 So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  • Gal 5:21-26 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.
  • 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought,“They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?” 9 So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.
  • Job 36:13 : 13 The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
  • 1 Pet 1:18-25 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake. 21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
  • 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit,
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Pet 2:2
    84%

    2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

  • Col 3:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

    8But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

    9Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

  • Eph 4:31
    79%

    31You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.

  • Jas 1:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

  • Titus 2:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

    8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
    73%

    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

    3For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

  • Eph 4:22
    73%

    22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

  • 1 Pet 3:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

    9Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

    10For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

  • Eph 4:25
    72%

    25Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

  • 1 Pet 2:22
    72%

    22He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

  • Rom 1:29
    72%

    29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • 2 Pet 1:5
    70%

    5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    70%

    14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

  • Jas 3:17
    70%

    17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

  • 2 Tim 2:22
    70%

    22But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

  • Jas 3:14
    70%

    14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
    70%

    2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

  • 1 Tim 1:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

  • 1 Thess 5:22
    70%

    22Stay away from every form of evil.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    70%

    16Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
    70%

    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • Titus 2:10
    70%

    10not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

  • 2 Tim 2:16
    70%

    16But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

  • 2 Pet 1:7
    70%

    7to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
    70%

    20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

  • 1 Pet 2:12
    70%

    12and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
    69%

    3For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit,

  • 1 Tim 4:2
    69%

    2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

  • Phil 2:15
    69%

    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

  • Eph 4:29
    69%

    29You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.

  • 1 Pet 3:16
    69%

    16Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

  • Heb 6:1
    69%

    1Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

  • Jude 1:17
    69%

    17Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Titus 1:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • 2 Pet 1:9
    69%

    9But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

  • 1 Cor 5:8
    69%

    8So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

  • Rom 12:9
    69%

    9Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

  • Phil 1:10
    68%

    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • 2 Pet 2:14
    68%

    14Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!