1 Peter 1:14
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
In Context
15but as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves holy in all your deportment;
Cross References
Romans 6:4We were buried therefore with him by the immersion into his death; that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
Ephesians 2:2in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion, as also the Gentiles who know not God.
1 Peter 4:2that ye no longer may live the remaining time in the flesh by the lusts of men, but by the will 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 →