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13 Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
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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 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;
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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile.
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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 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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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 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages 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 him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.
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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.
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