“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”
Cross references: : Rom. 6:4 ; Eph. 4:23 ; Col. 3:8 ; Heb. 12:1 Having laid for the foundation the Spirit of God effectually working by the word, and having built thereupon three virtues which are the grounds of all Christian actions, to wit, faith, hope, and charity: now he proceedeth to a general exhortation, the first member whereof is, that we flee all show, both of secret and also open malice.