1 Peter 1:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ Πατέρα ἐπικαλεῖσθε, τὸν ἀπροσωπολήπτως κρίνοντα κατὰ τὸ ἑκάστου ἔργον, ἐν φόβῳ τὸν τῆς παροικίας ὑμῶν χρόνον ἀναστράφητε:

Transliteration

And if Patera you epikaleisthe, the one aprosōpolēptōs krinonta according to the of each ergon, in phobō the of the paroikias of you chronon anastraphēte:

Grammar Details

• *Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - direct object
• *epikaleisthe*: present, middle, indicative, 2nd person, plural - ongoing action
• *aprosōpolēptōs*: adverb - manner
• *krinonta*: present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, singular - attributive
• *ergon*: accusative, neuter, singular - direct object
• *phobō*: dative, masculine, singular - manner/emotion
• *paroikias*: genitive, feminine, singular - possessive/relationship
• *chronon*: accusative, masculine, singular - extent/duration
• *anastraphēte*: aorist, passive, imperative, 2nd person, plural - command

Word Meanings

• *Patera*: Father/ancestor/progenitor
• *epikaleisthe*: call upon/invoke/address as
• *aprosōpolēptōs*: impartially/without favoritism/without partiality
• *krinonta*: judging/evaluating/assessing
• *ergon*: work/deed/action
• *phobō*: fear/reverence/respect
• *paroikias*: sojourn/temporary residence/exile
• *chronon*: time/period/duration
• *anastraphēte*: conduct yourselves/behave/live

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
• Heb 12:28 : 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby {G1223} we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
• Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. 15 And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had {G302} opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
• Col 3:25 : 25 For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: {G1161} [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
• 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
• Gal 2:6 : 6 But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever {G4218} they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person) —they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:
• Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
• Eph 3:14 : 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
• Eph 6:9 : 9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
• 2 Cor 1:2 : 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
• Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Deut 10:17 : 17 For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
• 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; 10 or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they send 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 the person of men.
• Acts 10:34-35 : 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
• Rom 2:10-11 : 10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: 11 for there is no respect of persons with God.
• Job 34:19 : 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
• Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
• Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.