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to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same [things] which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which} angels desire to look.
Be Holy in All Your Conduct
13 Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,
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but as the one who called you [is] holy, [you] yourselves be holy in all [your] conduct,
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for it is written, "You will be holy, because I [am] holy."
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And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
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[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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but with the precious blood of Christ, like [that of] an unblemished and spotless lamb
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who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times for you
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who through him [are] believing in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,