1PET 1:14 Parallel Verse View

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ULT As children of obedience, not being conformed to your former desires in your ignorance,

UST Because you obey God like children ought to obey their fathers, do not allow yourself to be controlled by the sinful desires you used to have when you did not know the truth about God.

BSB As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

BLB as children of obedience, not being conformed to the passions in your former ignorance.

AICNT as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

OEB Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,

WEB as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

NET Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

LSV as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

FBV Live like children that do what they're told. Don't allow yourselves to be shaped by your former sinful desires when you didn't know any better.

TCNT As children of obedience, do not conform yourselves to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

T4T And because you should obey your heavenly Father [SIM], as children ought to obey their fathers here on earth, do not do the evil things that you used to desire to do when you did not know God’s truth.

LEB As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires you used to conform to[fn] in your ignorance,

?:? *This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb “be conformed to”

BBE Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

MOF No MOF 1PET book available

ASV as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

DRA As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:

YLT as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

DBY as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;

RV as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

WBS As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

KJB As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

BB As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:
(As obedient children, not fashionyng your selves unto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:)

GNV As obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:
(As obedient children, not fashioning your selves unto the former lustes of your ignorance: )

CB as obedient childre, not fasshionynge youre selues to yor olde lustes of ignoraunce:
(as obedient childre, not fasshionynge yourselves to yor old lustes of ignoraunce:)

TNT as obedient chyldren not facioninge youre selves vnto youre olde lustes of ignorancye:
(as obedient children not facioninge your(pl) selves unto your(pl) old lustes of ignorancye: )

WYC as sones of obedience, not made lijk to the formere desiris of youre vnkunnyngnesse,
(as sons of obedience, not made like to the formere desiris of your(pl) unkunnyngnesse,)

LUT als gehorsame Kinder; und stellet euch nicht gleich wie vorhin, da ihr in Unwissenheit nach den Lüsten lebetet,
(als gehorsame Kinder; and stellet you not gleich like vorhin, there her in Unwissenheit nach the Lüsten liveset,)

CLV quasi filii obedientiæ, non configurati prioribus ignorantiæ vestræ desideriis:[fn]
(quasi children obedientiæ, not/no configurati prioribus ignorantiæ vestræ desideriis:)

1.14 Filii. Et secure possitis exspectare, sitis filii obedientes Patri corripienti.

1.14 Children. And secure possitis exspectare, sitis children obedientes Patri corripienti.

UGNT ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, μὴ συνσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις,
(hōs tekna hupakoaʸs, maʸ sunsⱪaʸmatizomenoi tais proteron en taʸ agnoia humōn epithumiais,)

SBL-GNT ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις,
(hōs tekna hupakoaʸs, maʸ susⱪaʸmatizomenoi tais proteron en taʸ agnoia humōn epithumiais, )

TC-GNT ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, μὴ [fn]συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις,
(hōs tekna hupakoaʸs, maʸ susⱪaʸmatizomenoi tais proteron en taʸ agnoia humōn epithumiais,)

1:14 συσχηματιζομενοι ¦ συνσχηματιζομενοι WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Holiness of God’s People

God called on the people of Israel to be holy because he had ransomed them from their slavery in Egypt (see Lev 11:45). He has also ransomed us through Jesus Christ, who paid the price to release us from slavery to sin and death (1 Pet 1:18). God has paid the ultimate price to set us free: He has given “the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God” (1:19). He has purchased our freedom from the empty way of life that people experience before coming to Christ.

At the heart of the lifestyle that God demanded of his people under the old covenant was the requirement that they be holy as God is holy (see Lev 19:2). God had rescued them from the domination of a cruel, foreign nation who served other gods; now they were to live as God’s people in the new land to which he was bringing them.

Peter applies the same requirement to God’s people of the new covenant, those who have come to God through faith in Jesus Christ: “You must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy” (1 Pet 1:15). This holiness has both a negative and a positive side. Negatively, to be holy is to separate from this world, to avoid the ways of thinking and acting that characterize people who do not know God. We turn away from our old sinful, pre-Christian lifestyle. As a result, God’s people truly are “temporary residents” (1 Pet 1:17)—their values do not stem simply from this present world. Positively, to be holy is also to be separate for God; it means that we imitate our Father and live out the values of our new homeland, the Kingdom of God.

Believers in Christ have been set free from the old, meaningless life and its values. We are to live as obedient children of our heavenly Father (1 Pet 1:14). Our Father has not only redeemed us in his love; he also, like a human father, disciplines his children. He will judge us “according to what [we] do” (1:17). For this reason, we must live before God in “reverent fear” (1:17), recognizing his holiness and majesty, and seeking by faith to express his holy character in our lives. The life of holiness is not merely an option for believers: We are justified by our faith, but authentic faith must always reveal itself in works of holiness that please our Father (see Jas 2:14-26).

Passages for Further Study

Lev 10:3; 11:44-45; 19:2; Isa 29:17-24; 1 Cor 6:9-20; Heb 12:1-13; 1 Pet 1:15-18; Rev 21:5-8; 22:14-15

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς

as children ˱of˲_obedience

Here Peter uses children to refer to people who love and obey God. The relationship between God and those who love him is like the relationship between a father and his children. Because this is an important concept in the Bible, you should not express the meaning plainly here, but you may use a simile. Alternate translation: “Like children of obedience”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τέκνα ὑπακοῆς

children ˱of˲_obedience

Peter is using the possessive form to describe children who are characterized by obedience. If this is not clear in your language, you could use the adjective “obedient” instead of the noun “obedience.” Alternate translation: “obedient children”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μὴ συνσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον & ἐπιθυμίαις

not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις)

Here, not being conformed to is an idiom meaning “not letting one’s life be controlled by.” If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “not being controlled by your former desires”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

μὴ συνσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον & ἐπιθυμίαις

not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις)

Peter is using a statement to give a command. If this is confusing in your language, you can use a more natural form for a command. Alternate translation: “do not be conformed to your former desires”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν

in the ignorance ˱of˲_you_all

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of ignorance, you can express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “when you were ignorant”

Parallel 1PET 1:14