1 Peter 1:13-25 - Be Holy In All Your Conduct
13 Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the Appearing of Jesus Christ. 14 Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance, 15 but in your whole life show yourselves to be holy, after the pattern of the Holy One from whom you received your Call. 16 For Scripture says-- 'You shall be holy, because I am holy.'
17 And since you call upon him as 'Father,' who judges every one impartially by what he has done, let reverence be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay upon earth. 18 For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ. 20 Destined for this before the beginning of the world, he has been revealed in these last days for your sakes, 21 who, through him, are faithful to God who raised him from the dead and gave him honour, so that your faith and hope are now in God.
22 Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts; 23 since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God. 24 For-- 'All earthly life is but as grass, And all its splendor as the flower of grass. The grass fades, Its flower falls, 25 But the teaching of the Lord remains for ever.' And that is the Teaching of the Good News which has been told to you.