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1 Peter 1:17

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1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here 1  in reverence.

1 Peter 2:9

Context
2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues 2  of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).

2 sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17.



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