13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action,¹ and being ^ysober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, ^zdo not be conformed to the ^apassions of your ^bformer ignorance, 15 but as he who ^ccalled you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, ^d“You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges ^eimpartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your ^fexile, 18 knowing that you were ^gransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, ^hnot with perishable things such as ⁱsilver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a ^jlamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was ^kmade manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 ^lwho through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him ^mglory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a ⁿsincere brotherly love, ^olove one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of ^pimperishable, ^qthrough the ^rliving and abiding word of God; 24 for

And this word is ^tthe good news that was preached to you.

1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure ^uspiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have ^vtasted that the Lord is good.