¹⁷ Since you call on a Father^(A) who judges each person’s work^(B) impartially,^(C) live out your time as foreigners^(D) here in reverent fear.^{(E) 18} For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(F) from the empty way of life^(G) handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood^(H) of Christ, a lamb^(I) without blemish or defect.^{(J) 20} He was chosen before the creation of the world,^(K) but was revealed in these last times^(L) for your sake. ²¹ Through him you believe in God,^(M) who raised him from the dead^(N) and glorified him,^(O) and so your faith and hope^(P) are in God.

²² Now that you have purified^(Q) yourselves by obeying^(R) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(S) from the heart.^{[a] 23} For you have been born again,^(T) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(U) through the living and enduring word of God.^(V)