¹³ Therefore, ^[a](A)prepare your minds for action, ^[b](B)keep sober in spirit, set your ^(C)hope completely on the ^(D)grace to be brought to you at ^(E)the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ As ^[c](F)obedient children, do not ^[d](G)be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ^(H)ignorance, ¹⁵ but ^[e](I)like the Holy One who called you, ^[f](J)be holy yourselves also ^(K)in all your behavior; ¹⁶ because it is written: “^(L)You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

^11 (A)Beloved, ^(B)I urge you as ^(C)foreigners and strangers to abstain from ^(D)fleshly lusts, which wage ^(E)war against the soul. ^12 (F)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they ^(G)slander you as evildoers, they may ^[a]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, ^(H)glorify God ^(I)on the day of ^[b]visitation.

¹⁶ Act as ^(A)free people, and ^[a]do not use your freedom as a ^[b]covering for evil, but use it as ^(B)bond-servants of God.