1:15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
1:16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, because I am holy.” 1 1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here 2 in reverence.
1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,
1:19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
1 sn A quotation from Lev 19:2.
2 tnGrk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).