1 Peter 1:14 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into.

1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 1:14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:

1 Peter 1:15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

1 Peter 1:16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "obedience", "fashioning", "yourselves", "former", "lusts", "time", and "ignorance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "obedience", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Wherefore girding up the loins of your..." into verse 15's "but like as he who called you...", so "children" and "obedience" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "children" and "obedience" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.