1 Peter 2:1-3

1 Peter 2:1

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

1 Peter 2 starts with a simple admonition to live honestly and with content. Similar commands are given in Ephesians 4:31:

“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from
you, along with all malice.”

and Colossians 3:8:

“But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene
talk from your mouth.”

1 Peter 2:2-3

2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may
grow up into salvation— 3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Verse 2 tells us that we should seek spiritual guidance like an infant seeks milk. We need this spiritual “milk” so that we can grow in our salvation, our relationship with God. The value of spending time in God’s Word is unparalleled in this. The importance that God’s Word should hold in our lives is seen in Psalm 119:105,

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”