1 Peter 1:13-25 (New Living Translation)
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So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ.
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Obey God because you are his children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.
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But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God -- who chose you to be his children -- is holy.
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For he himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy." a
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And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as foreigners here on earth.
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For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.
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He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
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God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, he was sent to the earth for all to see. And he did this for you.
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Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And because God raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in God.
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Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters b because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts. c
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For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
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As the prophet says, "People are like grass that dies away; their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of wildflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall away.
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But the word of the Lord will last forever." d And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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