OET interlinear 1 PET 1:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ & ἐπικαλεῖσθε

if & ˱you_all˲_˓are˒_calling_on

Peter is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Peter is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [because you call]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν ἀπροσωπολήμπτως κρίνοντα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἰ Πατέρα ἐπικαλεῖσθε τόν ἀπροσωπολήμπτως κρίνοντα κατά τό ἑκάστου ἔργον ἐν φόβῳ τόν τῆς παροικίας ὑμῶν χρόνον ἀναστράφητε)

This phrase refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [God, who judges impartially]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸν τῆς παροικίας ὑμῶν χρόνον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί εἰ Πατέρα ἐπικαλεῖσθε τόν ἀπροσωπολήμπτως κρίνοντα κατά τό ἑκάστου ἔργον ἐν φόβῳ τόν τῆς παροικίας ὑμῶν χρόνον ἀναστράφητε)

Here Peter speaks of his readers as if they were people living in a foreign land far away from their homes. Like people living away from home, so are Christians living away from their home in heaven. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: [during the time that you are living away from your true home]