1 Peter 1:14

Obedient children. Literally, “as children of obedience,” with the emphasis here on “obedience” (see on v. 2). Compare “children of wrath” (Eph. 2:3), “children of light” (Eph. 5:8), and similar expressions (Eph. 2:2; 5:6; Col. 3:6; 1 Thess. 5:5). For comment on “children” (Gr. tekna) see on 1 John 3:1.

Fashioning. Gr. suschematizo (see on Rom. 12:2).

Lusts. See on Rom. 7:7; cf. on Matt. 5:28.

Ignorance. That is, the self-centered, world-loving experience of a man before his conversion, when he knows not God and His law, or Christ and His sacrifice (see on Acts 3:17; 17:30; Eph. 4:18). Newly converted Christians must have often been faced with the temptation to return to their old licentious ways of living. Peter acknowledges the force of the temptation, but strengthens his readers against its lure.