1 Peter 1:17 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁷ And since you call upon him as 'Father,' who judges every one impartially by what he has done, let reverence be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay upon earth.

⁹ You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy,

⁷ Ask, and your prayer shall be granted; search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you. ⁸ For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened. ⁹ Who among you, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone, ¹⁰ Or when he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those that ask him!

¹⁶ They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: "Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man's position.

³⁴ Then Peter began. "I see, beyond all doubt," he said, "that 'God does not show partiality,' ³⁵ But that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

¹⁰ But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every one who does right-for the Jew first, but also for the Greek, ¹¹ Since God shows no partiality.

²⁰ True; it was because of their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is because of your faith that you are standing. Do not think too highly of yourself, but beware.

² May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

⁶ Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord.

¹ With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

¹¹ For see what results that other sorrow--sorrow in accordance with God's will--has had in your case. What earnestness it produced! what explanations! what strong feeling! what alarm! what longing! what eagerness! what readiness to punish! You have proved yourselves altogether free from guilt in that matter.

⁶ Of those who are thought somewhat highly of--what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions--those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message.

¹⁷ My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all- glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;

¹⁴ For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father--

⁹ And masters, treat your slaves in the same spirit. Give up threatening them; for you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and that before him there is no distinction of rank.

¹² Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

²⁵ Those who do wrong will reap the wrong they have done; and there will be no partiality.

¹ We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we shall enter upon God's Rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.

¹³ All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth. ¹⁴ Those who speak thus show plainly that they are seeking their fatherland. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return. ¹⁶ But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.

²⁸ Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and reverence.

¹¹ Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

¹⁵ Revere the Christ as Lord in your hearts; always ready to give an answer to any one who asks your reason for the hope that you cherish, but giving it humbly and in all reverence,