1 Peter 1
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1 Peter 1:15-20

15but 12likeG2596 the HolyG40 OneG40 who calledG2564 you, 34be holyG40 yourselvesG846 alsoG2532 5in allG3956 your behaviorG391; 16becauseG1360 it is writtenG1125: “6You shall be holyG40, for I am holyG40.”

17IfG1487 you 7addressG1941 as FatherG3962 the One who 8impartiallyG678 9judgesG2919 accordingG2596 to eachG1538 one’sG1538 workG2041, conductG390 yourselves 10in fearG5401 during the timeG5550 of your 11stayG3940 on earth; 18knowingG3609 that you were not 1213redeemedG3084 with perishableG5349 thingsG5349 like silverG694 orG2228 goldG5553 from your 14futileG3152 wayG391 ofG391 lifeG391 inheritedG3970 fromG3970 your forefathersG3970, 19but with preciousG5093 15bloodG129, as of a 16lambG286 unblemishedG299 and spotlessG784, the blood of ChristG5547. 20For He was 17foreknownG4267 beforeG4253 18the foundationG2602 of the worldG2889, but has 19appearedG5319 20in theseG3588 lastG2078 timesG5550 21for the sakeG1223 of you

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to ↩
  2. 2. 1 Peter 1:15 1 Thess 4:7; 1 John 3:3 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Peter 1:15 Or become ↩
  4. 4. 1 Peter 1:15 2 Cor 7:1 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Peter 1:15 James 3:13 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev 11:44f; 19:2; 20:7 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Peter 1:17 Ps 89:26; Jer 3:19; Matt 6:9 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Peter 1:17 Acts 10:34 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Peter 1:17 Matt 16:27 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Peter 1:17 2 Cor 7:1; Heb 12:28; 1 Pet 3:15 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Peter 1:17 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Peter 1:18 Or ransomed ↩
  13. 13. 1 Peter 1:18 Is 52:3; 1 Cor 6:20; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:12 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Peter 1:18 Eph 4:17 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Peter 1:19 Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 1:2 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Peter 1:19 John 1:29 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Peter 1:20 Acts 2:23; Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:2; Rev 13:8 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Peter 1:20 Matt 25:34 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Peter 1:20 Heb 9:26 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Peter 1:20 Lit at the end of the times ↩
  21. 21. 1 Peter 1:20 Heb 2:14 ↩

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