1 Peter 1:13-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

13. Be alert and think straight. Put all your hope in how kind God will be to you when Jesus Christ appears.

14. Behave like obedient children. Don't let your lives be controlled by your desires, as they used to be.

15. Always live as God's holy people should, because God is the one who chose you, and he is holy.

16. That's why the Scriptures say, “I am the holy God, and you must be holy too.”

17. You say that God is your Father, but God doesn't have favourites! He judges all people by what they do. So you must honour God while you live as strangers here on earth.

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