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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: Ed, very excellent thoughts and worthy of every Christian's careful and serious consideration. Perhaps it is partly because of the church's fear of offending the world that it has so extensively compromised with it, and in so doing lost much of the positive influence that our Lord clearly commanded it to have when He used the words 'salt' and 'light.' Our salt is leaching out and our light is flickering. There's simply too much of the middle-of-the-road approach in modern Christendom. It painfully reminds one of the old adage, He who stands for nothing will fall for anything. And, yes, while the Amish may be the brunt of an occasional joke or jibe, even the jokers deep down have respect for them. But who respects hypocrites? --Hank |