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13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto 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, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts 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 he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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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 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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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, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest 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 by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be 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 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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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.
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