1 Peter 1:17 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Peter 1:17

15 ^abut as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

16 because it is written, ^a“Be holy, for I am holy.”

17 And if you call on the Father, who ^awithout partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your¹ stay here in fear;

18 knowing that you were not redeemed with¹ corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

19 but ^awith the precious blood of Christ, ^bas of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

20 ^aHe indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was¹ manifest ^bin these last times for you

21 who through Him believe in God, ^awho raised Him from the dead and ^bgave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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22 Since you ^ahave purified your souls in obeying the truth¹ through the Spirit in sincere ^blove of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

23 ^ahaving been born again, not of¹ corruptible seed but incorruptible, ^bthrough the word of God which lives and abides³ forever,

24 because
^a“All flesh is as grass,
And all¹ the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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1 Peter 1:17

If ye call (ei epikaleisqe). Condition of first class and present middle indicative of epikalew, to call a name on, to name (Acts 10:18).

As Father (patera). Predicate accusative in apposition with ton—krinonta.

Without respect of persons (aproswpolhmptwv). Found nowhere else except in the later Ep. of Clem. of Rome and Ep. of Barn., from alpha privative and proswpolhmpthv (Acts 10:34. See James 2:9 for proswpolhmptew and I Peter 1:1 for proswpolhmyia) from proswpon lambanw (in imitation of the Hebrew).

According to each man's work (kata to ekastou ergon). "According to the deed of each one" God judges (krinonta) just as Christ judges also (II Corinthians 5:10).

Pass (anastrafhte). Second aorist passive imperative of anastrefw, metaphorical sense as in II Corinthians 1:12; II Peter 2:18.

The time (ton xronon). Accusative case of extent of time.

Of your sojourning (thv paroikiav umwn). A late word, found in LXX (Psalms 119:5) and in N.T. only here and Acts 13:17 and in ecclesiastical writers (one late Christian inscription). It comes from paroikew, old verb, to dwell beside (in one's neighbourhood), and so of pilgrims or strangers (paroikov Acts 7:6) as of Jews away from Palestine or of Christians here on earth, then of a local region (our "parish"). Peter here recurs to I Peter 1:1 ("sojourners of the Dispersion").

In fear (en fobw). Emphatic position at beginning of the clause with anastrafhte at the end.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 1:17:

Acts 7:6
Acts 13:17
1 Peter 1:2
1 Peter 2:11
1 Peter 4:5
1 John 4:18
Jude 1:23
Revelation 20:13

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