A Call to Holiness

(Hebrews 12:14–17)

13 Therefore prepare your minds {for action}.[fn] Be sober-minded. Set [your] hope fully on the grace to be given you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former 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.”[fn]

17 Since you call on [a] Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. 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 you inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with [the] precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish [or] spot. 20 He was known before [the] foundation of [the] world, but was revealed in the 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.