1 Peter 1:15-19

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.

[1:16]  ¹ sn A quotation from Lev 19:2.

[1:17]  ² tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).