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1 Peter 1:16-18
International Children’s Bible
1 Peter 1:16-18
International Children’s Bible
16 It is written in the Scriptures: “You must be holy, because I am holy.”[a]
17 You pray to God and call him Father. And this Father judges each man’s work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God. 18 You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, but not with something that ruins like gold or silver.
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- 1:16 “You must be . . . holy.” Quotation from Leviticus 11:45; 19:2; 20:7.
1 Peter 1:16-18
New International Version
1 Peter 1:16-18
New International Version
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)
17 Since you call on a Father(B) who judges each person’s work(C) impartially,(D) live out your time as foreigners(E) here in reverent fear.(F) 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(G) from the empty way of life(H) handed down to you from your ancestors,
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- 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
1 Peter 1:16-18
King James Version
1 Peter 1:16-18
King James Version
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 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:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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1 Peter 1:16-18
New King James Version
1 Peter 1:16-18
New King James Version
16 because it is written, (A)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
17 And if you call on the Father, who (B)without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your [a]stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [b]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
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- 1 Peter 1:17 sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens
- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
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