“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind — the imperative to 'lay aside' (apothesis, strip off as clothing) multiple vices establishes the necessary precondition for spiritual growth. The vices listed—malakia (malice), dolos (deceit), hypokrisis (hypocrisy), phthonos (envy), and katalalia (slander)—represent attitudes and behaviors contrary to the faith. The comprehensiveness ('of every kind') suggests systematic purification.
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