It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you, by those who preached the gospel to you, through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven??ruths into which angels long to look.

Like obedient children, do not fashion yourselves according to the former passions of your days of ignorance,

but with precious blood, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish, even the blood of Christ.

For, All flesh is grass And all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass fades, The flower falls,

Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;

And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.

Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.

For you were straying like lost sheep, but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.