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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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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 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 but as the one who called you [is] holy, [you] yourselves be holy 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 will be holy, because I [am] holy."
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 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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Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
18 [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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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] an unblemished and spotless lamb
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times 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 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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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 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently 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 [because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring 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 For "all flesh [is] like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower falls off,
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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 endures {forever}." And this is the word that has been proclaimed 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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