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And, if, as Father, ye are invoking him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each man's work, with reverence, for the time of your sojourning, behave ye;

Knowing that, Not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, have ye been redeemed from your unmeaning behaviour paternally handed down,

But with precious blood, as of a lamb, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One, -

Foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but made manifest at a last stage of the times, for the sake of you

who, through him, are faithful towards God, - Who raised him from among the dead, and glory to him gave, So that your faith and hope are directed towards God: