the Word of God. The reason for this is that he has filled his heart with the husks of the world. This not only destroys his appetite but perverts his taste. Peter here gives us the reason why so many children of God have so little hunger for the Word. The Greek word translated “guile” means “to catch with bait.” We are not to be crafty, sly, underhanded persons, but above-board, open, sincere, accomplishing our purposes by fair means. “Hypocrisies” is from a Greek word used in the first century