13 So take this seriously and get your minds prepared, and putting your full hope on the grace that will be brought to you all by the revelation of Yeshua the messiah. 14 As people who want to obey, don’t conform to your earlier desires that came from your ignorance, 15 but just as God who called you is holy, your yourselves need to be holy in all your conduct, 16 [ref]because it’s been written that ‘you all will be holy because I am holy.’

17 As since you call on the father who impartially judges each person according to their actions, then continue to obey him even as you all live in foreign lands, 18 knowing that when you all were in slavery due to your poor conduct that you inherited from your ancestors, you weren’t bought out of that by payment of perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by the precious blood of the messiah—the unblemished and spotless lamb. 20 He had been foreknown before the creation of the world, yet he was only revealed recently for the sake of all of you 21 who believe in God through him. God was the one who raised him from the dead and honoured him, so that your faith and hope would be in God.

22 Since your souls have been purified by obeying the truth, now you should love each other from your hearts and without hypocrisy. 23 You’ve been born again, not by some physical thing that will perish, but of indestructible material—God’s message that’s alive and lives on 24 because it’s written:[ref]

‘All flesh is like grass,

and the beauty of our bodies like its flower.

The grass will wither and its flower will drop

25 but the master’s message will last till the end of the age.’

And that’s the good message that has been preached to all of you.

2 So then, get rid of all malice and deceit, and hypocrisy and envy, and slander of others. 2 Just like newborn babies long for pure milk so they’ll grow, you all should cultivate a thirst for what will help you grow in your salvation, 3 [ref]since you’ve all tasted that the master is good.