Be Holy
13Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully
sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is
revealed at his coming. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the
evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But
just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for
it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”a
17Since you call on a Father who judges each
person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent
fear. 18For
you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you
were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your
ancestors, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb
without blemish or defect. 20He was chosen before the creation of the
world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21Through
him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so
your faith and hope are in God.
22Now that you have purified yourselves by
obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one
another deeply, from the heart.b 23For
you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through
the living and enduring word of God. 24For,
“All
people are like grass,
and all their glory is
like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and
the flowers fall,
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