1 Peter 1:14
as obedient children: and be ye not conversant again with those former lusts, with which ye lusted when without knowledge.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
In Context
15But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you.
Cross References
Romans 6:4For we are buried with him in baptism unto death; that as Jesus Messiah arose from the dead into the glory of his Father, so also we, to walk in a new life.
Ephesians 2:2in the which ye before walked, according to the worldliness of this world, and according to the pleasure of the prince potentate of the air, that spirit which is active in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.
1 Thessalonians 4:5and not in the concupiscence of lust, like the rest of the Gentiles who know not God:
1 Peter 4:2that he may no longer be alive to the lusts of men, while he is in the body, but only to do the pleasure 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 →