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1Pe 1:17. Ἐπικαλεῖσθε, ye call upon) and are called by His name.-ἀπροσωπολήπτως, without respect of persons) whether any one is a Hebrew or a Greek.-ἀπροσωπολήπτως-ἐν φόβῳ) Comp. 2Ch 19:7.-ἔργον, work) The singular. The work of one man is one, whether it be good or evil.-ἐν φόβῳ, in fear) Fear is joined to hope, each flowing from the same source. Fear prevents us from falling away from hope.-παροικίας, of sojourning) He calls them strangers, because they are in the world, ch. 1Pe 2:11; not however without an allusion to the διασπορὰ, the dispersion, in Asia, 1Pe 1:1.