New American Standard Bible 1995

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1 Peter

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If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
If sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.) Conj H1487 εἰ ei
you address to call upon V-PIM-2P H1941 ἐπικαλεῖσθε epikaleisthe
as Father a father N-AMS H3962 πατέρα patera
the One who impartially not accepting the person, i.e. without respect of persons Adv H678 ἀπροσωπολήμπτως aprosōpolēmptōs
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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judges to judge, decide V-PPA-AMS H2919 κρίνοντα krinonta
according down, against, according to Prep H2596 κατὰ kata
to each one's each, every Adj-GMS H1538 ἑκάστου ekastou
work, work N-ANS H2041 ἔργον ergon
conduct to overturn, turn back V-AMP-2P H390 ἀναστράφητε anastraphēte
yourselves in fear panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror N-DMS H5401 φόβῳ phobō
during the time time N-AMS H5550 χρόνον chronon
of your stay a sojourning N-GFS H3940 παροικίας paroikias
[on earth];      

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New American Standard Bible 1995 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
King James Bible If you address as Father And if ye call on the One Father, who impartially judges without respect of persons judgeth according to each one's every man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during pass the time of your stay on earth;sojourning here in fear:
Berean Bible If And if you address call on as Father the One who judging impartially judges according to each one's work, the work of each, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;sojourn,
Hebrew Greek English If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;