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In Light of What God Has Done:
13 Therefore:
Put Your Hope Completely Upon Your Coming Salvation
Having girded-up the waist of your minds[a], being sober[b]— put-your-hope completely[c] upon the grace being brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Be Holy In All Your Conduct
14 As children of [d] obedience not being conformed[e] to the former desires in-connection-with your ignorance, 15 but in accordance with the holy One having called you— be holy yourselves also in all your conduct[f]. 16 Because it has been written that “You shall be holy, because I am holy” [Lev 19:2].
Live Out Your Days In The Fear of God
17 And if you are calling-upon as Father the One judging without-respect-of-persons according to the work of each person— conduct the time of your stay[g] with fear[h], 18 knowing that you were redeemed from your futile[i] way-of-life handed-down-from-your-fathers not with perishable things, silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without-blemish and without-spot; 20 He having been foreknown before the foundation of the world but having appeared[j] at the last of times for your sake, 21 the believers through Him in God— the One having raised Him from the dead and having given Him glory— so that your faith and hope are in God.
Love One Another From a Pure Heart
22 Having purified your souls in[k] obedience of the truth for a sincere[l] brotherly-love— love one another fervently from a pure heart, 23 having been born-again not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. 24 Because “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like a flower of grass. The grass was dried-up and the flower fell-off. 25 But the word of the Lord abides forever” [Isa 40:6-8]— and this is the word having been announced-as-good-news to you.
Yearn For His Word So That You May Grow
2 Having then laid-aside all badness[m], and all deceit and hypocrisies and jealousies, and all slanders— 2 yearn like newborn babies for the deceitless[n] milk of-the-Word[o] in order that by it you may grow in[p] [your] salvation, 3 if [q] you tasted that the Lord is good—
For You Are Being Built Upon The Living Cornerstone As a Holy Priesthood
4 ... coming to Whom as the living Stone having been rejected by people, but chosen, precious with God, 5 you yourselves also as living stones are being built[r] as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying a Stone in Zion— a chosen, precious Cornerstone. And the one putting-faith upon Him will never be put-to-shame” [Isa 28:16]. 7 The precious-value then is for you, the ones believing. But for ones not-believing: “The Stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head[s] of the corner” [Ps 118:22] 8 and “a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of [t] falling” [Isa 8:14]— who stumble while[u] disobeying the word, to which indeed they were appointed[v].
And You Are Chosen By God To Report His Virtues To The World
9 And you are a chosen family[w], a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may report the virtues[x] of the One having called you out of darkness into His marvelous light— 10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; the ones not having received-mercy, but now having received-mercy.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing