17Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.


In Context

14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1st Peter 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: