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As ^(F1)(C1)obedient children, do not ^(F2)(C2)be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ^(C3)ignorance,

but ^(F1)(C1)like the Holy One who called you, ^(F2)(C2)be holy yourselves also ^(C3)in all your behavior;

because it is written: "^(C1)YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."

If you ^(C1)address as Father the One who ^(C2)impartially ^(C3)judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves ^(C4)in fear during the time of your ^(C5)stay on earth;

knowing that you were not ^(F1)(C1)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(C2)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,

but with precious ^(C1)blood, as of a ^(C2)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

For He was ^(C1)foreknown before ^(C2)the foundation of the world, but has ^(C3)appeared ^(F1)in these last times ^(C4)for the sake of you

who through Him are ^(C1)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(C2)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(C3)hope are in God.

Since you have ^(C1)purified your souls ^(C2)in obedience to the truth for a ^(C3)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from ^(F1)the heart,

for you have been ^(C1)born again ^(C2)not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring ^(C3)word of God.

For, "^(C1)ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY IS LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF,

^(C1)BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER." And this is ^(C2)the word which was ^(F1)preached to you.

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