'BE HOLY, AS I AM HOLY'

14 As Obedient Children,

DO NOT CONFORM TO THE EVIL DESIRES YOU HAD

WHEN YOU LIVED IGNORANCE.

15 BUT JUST AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY,

SO BE HOLY IN ALL YOU DO;

16 FOR IT IS WRITTEN:

'BE HOLY, AS I AM HOLY.'

17 Since you call on a Father

Who Judges each man's Work impartially,

LIVE YOUR LIVES AS STRANGERS HERE

IN REVERENT FEAR.

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things

Such as silver of gold

THAT YOU WERE REDEEMED

FROM THE EMPTY WAY OF LIFE

HANDED DOWN TO YOU FROM YOUR FOREFATHERS,

19 BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST,

A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OR DEFECT.

(1 Peter 1:14-19)