KJV King James Version
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
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1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
WEB World English Bible
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
ASV American Standard Version
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,
Surrounding context — 1 Peter 1
11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenτέκναG5043 · teknonchildὑπακοῆςG5218 · hupakoēobedienceμὴG3361 · mēnotσυσχηματιζόμενοιG4964 · suschēmatizōto conform toταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρότερονG4386 · proteronpreviouslyἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγνοίᾳG52 · agnoiaignoranceὑμῶνG4771 · suyouἐπιθυμίαις,G1939 · epithumiadesire
Cross-references
Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.Titus 3:3-5For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.1 Peter 4:2-3That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.Ephesians 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:Colossians 3:5-7Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Ephesians 4:18-22Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:Romans 6:4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
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