KJVWherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
1 Peter — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
5. Ye also, as lively or living stones, are built up The verb may be in the imperative as well as in the indicative mood, for the termination in Greek is ambiguous. But in whatever way it is taken, Peter no doubt meant to exhort the faithful to consecrate themselves…