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11 translations · Greek

1 Peter 1:14

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

World English Bible
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1 Peter 1:14 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
KJV King James Version
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
ASV American Standard Version
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
LSV Literal Standard Version
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,
FBV Free Bible Version
Live like children who do what they're told. Don't allow yourselves to be shaped by your former sinful desires when you didn't know any better.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,
DBY Darby Translation
as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;
WBT Webster’s Bible
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
ὡς hōs As G5613 ὡς as/when
τέκνα tekna children G5043 τέκνον child
ὑπακοῆς hypakoēs obedient G5218 ὑπακοή obedience
μὴ mē — G3361 μή not
συσχηματιζόμενοι syschēmatizomenoi do not conform G4964 συσχηματίζω to conform to
ταῖς tais to the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
πρότερον proteron former G4386 πρότερον previously
ἐν en of G1722 ἐν in/on/among
τῇ tē — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἀγνοίᾳ agnoia ignorance G52 ἄγνοια ignorance
ὑμῶν hymōn your G4771 σύ you
ἐπιθυμίαις epithymiais passions G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire
  • Romans 12:2

    Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  • Titus 3:3–5

    For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

  • 1 Peter 4:2–3

    that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

  • Ephesians 2:2

    in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5

    not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;

  • Colossians 3:5–7

    Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

  • Ephesians 4:18–22

    being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts; who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you did not learn Christ that way; …

  • Acts 17:30

    The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

  • Romans 6:4

    We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

13 Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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

15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

16 because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”

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Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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