1 Peter 1:13-25 - Be Holy In All Your Conduct
13 Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ. 14 And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance, 15 but--in imitation of the holy One who has called you--you also must be holy in all your habits of life. 16 Because it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy."
17 And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your stay here on earth, 18 knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb. 20 He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him, 21 are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.
22 Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently. 23 For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life. 24 "All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off; 25 But the word of the Lord remains for ever." And that means the Message which has been proclaimed among you in the Good News.