The significance of this word is illustrated by its use in Acts 7:58, where the people who stoned Stephen removed their garments so that they might be free to hurl stones unhindered by their clothing. Already in 1 Peter 1:13 Peter had used the analogy of pulling up the bottom part of your garment so that you could run more freely. Now he goes further and requires its removal altogether. Of course, it is not one’s garment that is to be removed (= put away) but “all malice,” etc. The effect of the removal is one can act in an unhindered fashion. This apostolic instruction is also found in Romans 13:12, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:8, Hebrews 12:1, and James 1:21. It should further be noted that though the word “put away” appears in English as a command, in Greek it is a participle indicating that you are to do this action in preparation for obeying the central command, namely, “long for” (1 Peter 2:2).