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13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
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Therefore, 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.
14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”
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Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
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For 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,
19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.
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He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21 Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.
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Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.
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Now 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.
23 For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
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For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
24 As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.
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For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.
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but the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word that was preached to you.
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