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1 Peter 1:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
ye call on
epikaleomai (Greek #1941)
to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
KJV usage: appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.
Pronounce: ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice from 1909 and 2564
the Father
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, who
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
without respect of persons
aprosopoleptos (Greek #678)
in a way not accepting the person, i.e. impartially
KJV usage: without respect of persons.
Pronounce: ap-ros-o-pol-ape'-tos
Origin: adverb from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of a presumed compound of 4383 and 2983 (compare 4381)
judgeth
krino (Greek #2919)
by implication, to try, condemn, punish
KJV usage: avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.
Pronounce: kree'-no
Origin: properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially)
according to
kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
every man’s
hekastos (Greek #1538)
each or every
KJV usage: any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
Pronounce: hek'-as-tos
Origin: as if a superlative of ἕκας (afar)
work
ergon (Greek #2041)
toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
KJV usage: deed, doing, labour, work.
Pronounce: er'-gon
Origin: from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (to work)
, pass
anastrepho (Greek #390)
to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live
KJV usage: abide, behave self, have conversation, live, overthrow, pass, return, be used.
Pronounce: an-as-tref'-o
Origin: from 303 and 4762
the time
chronos (Greek #5550)
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
KJV usage: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Pronounce: khron'-os
Origin: of uncertain derivation
of your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
sojourning
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
paroikia (Greek #3940)
foreign residence
KJV usage: sojourning, X as strangers.
Pronounce: par-oy-kee'-ah
Origin: from 3941
here in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
fear
phobos (Greek #5401)
alarm or fright
KJV usage: be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
Pronounce: fob'-os
Origin: from a primary φέβομαι (to be put in fear)
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Phil. 2:12• 12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, (Phil. 2:12)

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Zeph. 3:9• 9For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. (Zeph. 3:9)
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Matt. 6:9• 9Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified, (Matt. 6:9)
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Matt. 7:7‑11• 7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
 8For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
 9Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
 10and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
 11If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him? (Matt. 7:7‑11)
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2 Cor. 1:2• 2Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 1:2)
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Eph. 1:17• 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him, (Eph. 1:17)
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Eph. 3:14• 14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (Eph. 3:14)
who.
Deut. 10:17• 17For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great *God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward; (Deut. 10:17)
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2 Chron. 19:7• 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:7)
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Job 34:19• 19How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. (Job 34:19)
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Matt. 22:16• 16And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person; (Matt. 22:16)
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Acts 10:34‑35• 34And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
 35but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34‑35)
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Rom. 2:10‑11• 10but glory and honour and peace to every one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek:
 11for there is no acceptance of persons with God. (Rom. 2:10‑11)
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Gal. 2:6• 6But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat--whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing; (Gal. 2:6)
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Eph. 6:9• 9And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him. (Eph. 6:9)
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Col. 3:25• 25For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons. (Col. 3:25)
pass.
Gen. 47:9• 9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning. (Gen. 47:9)
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1 Chron. 29:15• 15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life. (1 Chron. 29:15)
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. (Psa. 39:12)
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Heb. 11:13‑16• 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.
 15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
 16but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:13‑16)
in fear.
1 Peter 2:11• 11Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)
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Prov. 14:16• 16A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident. (Prov. 14:16)
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Prov. 28:14• 14Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil. (Prov. 28:14)
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Rom. 11:20• 20Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and *thou* standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: (Rom. 11:20)
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2 Cor. 5:6• 6Therefore we are always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord, (2 Cor. 5:6)
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2 Cor. 7:1,11• 1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.
 11For, behold, this same thing, your being grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought in *you*, but what excusing of yourselves, but what indignation, but what fear, but what ardent desire, but what zeal, but what vengeance: in every way ye have proved yourselves to be pure in the matter. (2 Cor. 7:1,11)
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Phil. 2:12• 12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, (Phil. 2:12)
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Heb. 4:1• 1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed of it. (Heb. 4:1)
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Heb. 12:28• 28Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear. (Heb. 12:28)
• in and by His sufferings on the cross atonement was made; and risen from the dead He could and did reveal in all its fullness the name of His Father and our Father, His God and our God; that we might ourselves call upon Him as such, in a blessed nearness never till then appropriated by the faithful, never even possible before save to our Lord Himself. (“1 Peter 1:17”)
• without fail He chastens for profit in order to the partaking of His holiness (Heb. 12:7-10). Man or woman, young or old, poor or rich, He judges according to the work of each. There is no partiality with Him; there is a Father's love in the light. (“1 Peter 1:17”)
• It is not that future act in God's judgment no doubt through Jesus Christ the Lord (Rom. 2:16; 14:10); it is not the Father's but the Son of Man's. But it is the Father who now judges according to the work of each saint in his sojourn here. (“1 Peter 1:17”)
• No privileges of grace are meant to hinder or weaken this pious fear and godly awe. We shall also give account of all done in the body before Christ's tribune, and receive accordingly. But this to us who believe is not the judgment from which grace exempts. (“1 Peter 1:17”)
• Observe, here, that he is not speaking of the final judgment of the soul. In that sense “the Father judgeth no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son.” The thing spoken of here is the daily judgment of God’s government in this world, exercised with regard to His children. (“1 Peter 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

W. Kelly Translation

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And if as Fathera ye call on Him that impartially judgeth according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourningb in fear,

WK Translation Notes

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The RV corrects the KJV here; the RV has "the Father" for "him as Father" (KJV), and "every," for "each," man’s work.
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The added word, "here" being quite an expletive of the KJV.