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1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

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ὡςhōsAsὡςconjunction — “As”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.Asτέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “children”, the subject formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenὑπακοῆςhupakoēsobedienceὑπακοή (hupakoē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “obedience”, the of-formG5218obedience, submissiveness, compliance.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notσυσχηματιζόμενοιsuschēmatizomenoifashioning yourselves according toσυσχηματίζομαι (suschēmatizomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “fashioning yourselves according to”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4964I conform to.fashioning yourselves according toταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πρότερονproteronformerπρότερος (próteros)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “former”, the object formG4387former, before, formerly.This verse uses “former”.Strong’s files this form under G4386 (πρότερον).the formerἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγνοίᾳagnoiaignoranceἄγνοιαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “ignorance”, the to- or for-formG52ignorance, inadvertence, sometimes with the idea of willful blindness.ignoranceὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἐπιθυμίαιςepithumiaisdesireἐπιθυμία (epithumia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “desire”, the to- or for-formG1939desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust.This verse uses “desire”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

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American Standard Version (1901)

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

Young’s Literal Translation

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

World English Bible

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

Darby Translation

as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;

Douay-Rheims

As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:

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