...but with the precious blood of Christ

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;* set your hope* fully on the grace to be given you* when Jesus Christ is revealed.* 14 As obedient* children, do not conform* to the evil desires you had when you lived in 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, because 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 or 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.* 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,* but was revealed in these last times* for your sake. 21 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 Now that you have purified* yourselves by obeying* the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply,* from the heart.* 23 For you have been born again,* not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,* through the living and enduring word of God.* 24 For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord stands forever."* * And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2



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