1 Peter 1:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁴ As obedient children, do not pattern your lives after the evil desires you formerly had when you were ignorant,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ [Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires [that governed you] in your former ignorance [when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Don’t be conformed to your former desires, those that shaped you when you were ignorant. But, as obedient children,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:

1 Peter 1:14 Cross References

Acts 17:30

Now God made allowance for the times when people were still uninformed [about His complete will], but now [in the Gospel age] He requires all people everywhere to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives].

Romans 12:2

And you people must not be conformed to [the values and standards of] this age, but you should become transformed [i.e., changed in attitude and action] by having your mind renewed [i.e., to think in a totally different way]. Then you will be able to determine [and practice] God’s will, the thing that is good, and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 6:4

Therefore, we were buried with Him through [our] immersion [in water] into [a relationship with] His death, so that, just like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glorious power of the Father, so we also can [be raised up from the water to] live a new life.

Ephesians 2:2

You practiced such things when you lived according to the evil ways of this world, and according to the ruler of the [spiritual] powers of the air. [Note: This refers to Satan, whose influence permeates life around us]. He is the [evil] spirit who is now at work in people who are disobedient [to God].

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let anyone deceive you with empty words, for because of such things, the wrath of God will fall upon people who are disobedient [to Him].

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in passionate lust, as the [unconverted] Gentiles, who do not know God, do.

1 Peter 1:2

These people have been [specially] selected, and [their acceptance was] pre-planned by God the Father, and they were set apart through [the work of] the Holy Spirit. This resulted in their obedience and sprinkling [Note: This is a figurative reference to the Old Testament practice of cleansing, See Exodus 24:7-8] by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God’s unearned favor and peace be continually upon you.