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17 Since you call upon a Father who judges all people according to their actions without favoritism, you should conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your dwelling in a strange land.
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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.
18 Live in this way, knowing that you were not liberated by perishable things like silver or gold from the empty lifestyle you inherited from your ancestors.
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You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
19 Instead, you were liberated by the precious blood of Christ, like that of a flawless, spotless lamb.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
20 Christ was chosen before the creation of the world, but was only revealed at the end of time. This was done for you,
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He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.
21 who through Christ are faithful to the God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory. So now, your faith and hope should rest in God.
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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.
22 As you set yourselves apart by your obedience to the truth so that you might have genuine affection for your fellow believers, love each other deeply and earnestly.
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Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.
23 Do this because you have been given new birth—not from the type of seed that decays but from seed that doesn't. This seed is God's life-giving and enduring word.
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You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
24 Thus, All human life on the earth is like grass, and all human glory is like a flower in a field. The grass dries up and its flower falls off,
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For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
25 but the Lord's word endures forever. This is the word that was proclaimed to you as good news.
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but the word of the Lord endures forever." That word is the good news that was announced to you.
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