1 Peter 1:14

1 Peter 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
• New International Version (NIV)As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
• New King James Version (NKJV)as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;

Context of 1 Peter 1:14

12Unto 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. 13Wherefore 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; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

1 Peter 1:14 word by word

ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις,Read the interlinear

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• obedientὑπακοήhupakoē · obedienceG5218
• childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
• notμήmē · notG3361
• fashioning yourselves according toσυσχηματίζωsuschēmatizō · to conform toG4964
• the formerπρότερονproteron · previouslyG4386
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• ignoranceἄγνοιαagnoia · ignoranceG52

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:14

• 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:
• 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.
• 1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
• Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Not fashioning yourselves - As the offices of certain persons are known by the garb or livery they wear, so are transgressors: where we see the world's livery we see the world's servants; they fashion or habit themselves according to their lusts, and we may guess that they have a worldly mind by their conformity to worldly fashions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14As obedient children - That is, conduct yourselves as becomes the children of God, by obeying his commands; by submitting to His will; and by manifesting unwavering confidence in him as your Father at all times. Not fashioning yourselves - Not forming or modeling your life. Compare the notes at Romans 12:2. The idea is, that they were to have some model or example, in accordance with which they were to frame their lives, but that they were not to make…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 As the traveller, the racer, the warrior, and the labourer, gathered in their long and loose garments, that they might be ready in their business, so let Christians do by their minds and affections. Be sober, be watchful against all spiritual dangers and enemies, and be temperate in all behaviour. Be sober-minded in opinion, as well as in practice, and humble in your judgment of yourselves. A strong and perfect trust in the grace of God, is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-21New birth and the hope of salvation call Christians to live as God’s people. They must turn away from the values of the world and follow the holiness of God, who redeemed them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. From sobriety of spirit and endurance of hope Peter passes to obedience, holiness, and reverential fear. As--marking their present actual character as "born again" (1Pe 1:3, 22). obedient children--Greek, "children of obedience": children to whom obedience is their characteristic and ruling nature, as a child is of the same nature as the mother and father. Contrast Ep 5:6, "the children of disobedience." Compare 1Pe 1:17, "obeying the Father" whose…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 1:14

• Blindness
• Character
• Commandments
• Holiness
• Obedience
• Righteous
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings