Wherefore (1) laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
(1) Having laid for the foundation the Spirit of God effectually working by the word, and having built on it three virtues which are the grounds of all Christian actions, that is, faith, hope, and charity: now he proceeds to a general exhortation the first part being that we flee all show of both secret and open malice.