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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: I don't think that we are viewed quite as the Puritans are. The general view of the Puritans is the grim, black-wearing, somber "fun police" who lived in fear that "someone, somewhere may be happy" as H.L. Mencken put it. I see modern evangelicals characterized more as hypocrites (often true) or "fuzzy-headed" people that need a "crutch" to make it through the day. We are dastardly people who try to force our religion on other people, to be sure, but we are much wimpier about it than the Puritans were! :) --Joe! |