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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, you are no doubt quite right. The church has never walked in the pure and perfect steps of Christ purely and perfectly in all its days. And, as you say, it should, and because we miss the mark so often and so far excuses us not in the least to cease to "press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Phil.3:14) |