Verse 21.— Wherefore lay apart. Simply lay aside. Entirely discard and put away from you.All filthiness. That is, all impurity which may arise from the lusts of the flesh, and all abounding or overflowing maliciousness; or, as expressed in the Peshita Syriac, the "abundance of wickedness"; or, as expressed in Rotherham, "remainder of wickedness." And receive with meekness the engrafted word. That is, with simple, docile, teachable spirits and dis­positions, welcome the doctrine of the gospel which has power to save your souls.