New International Reader's Version NIRV
New International Version NIV
13 So prepare your minds for action. Control yourselves. Put your hope completely in the grace that will be given to you when Jesus Christ returns.
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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 You should obey. You shouldn't give in to evil longings. They controlled your life when you didn't know any better.
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 The one who chose you is holy. So you should be holy in all that you do.
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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 It is written, "Be holy, because I am holy."(Leviticus 11:44,45; 19:2)
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 You call on a Father who judges each person's work without favoring one over another. So live your lives as strangers here. Have the highest respect for God.
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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 The blood of Christ set you free from an empty way of life. That way of life was handed down to you by your own people long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, 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 Instead, you were bought by the priceless blood of Christ. He is a perfect lamb. He doesn't have any flaws at all.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 He was chosen before God created the world. But he came into the world in these last days for you.
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He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21 Because of what Christ has done, you believe in God. It was God who raised him from the dead. And it was God who gave him glory. So your faith and hope are in 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.
22 You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for your brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply, from the 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 You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can't die.
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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 It is written, "All people are like grass. All of their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.
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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 stands forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8) And that word 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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