1 Peter 1:17

and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

In Context

16because it hath been written, 'Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

18having known that, not with corruptible things — silver or gold — were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

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Cross References

Genesis 47:9And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojournings [are] an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'

1 Chronicles 29:15for sojourners we [are] before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

Job 34:19That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.

Proverbs 14:16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

Jeremiah 3:19And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father — ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

Matthew 6:9thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

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 →

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