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NASB | 1 Peter 1:17 ¶ If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 1:17 ¶ If you address as Father, the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in [reverent] fear [of Him] and with profound respect for Him throughout the time of your stay on earth. |
Subject: Fear God! |
Bible Note: Wak, your observation on the 80/20 rule may well apply to who sells the most widgets, but can you honestly apply it as a guideline for Christian shepherds whose command to feed His sheep comes from none other than the Lord Jesus Christ? (John 21:17) Paul's word to Timothy was "Preach the word!" (2 Tim.4:2). In this there can be no 80/20; it must be 100/0. God's message doesn't "need to be balanced," wak. It is already perfect (Ps.19:7) Our burden is not to decide how much emphasis we place on love and how much on fearing the Lord. Our burden is to preach the word in its perfection and in its completeness without fear or favor. Any attempt to filter out what we don't like to hear and rivet attention only to the things we do like to hear is to distort the full message of God. It is not a proper handling of the word of truth. (2 Tim.2:15). --Hank |