1 Peter 1:14
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
In Context
15But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:10For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.
Romans 6:4We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Ephesians 2:2In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
Ephesians 5:6Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;
1 Peter 4:2So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24
Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 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… Read the whole commentary →