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

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  1. 1 Peter 1:13 Lit gird the loins of your mind
  2. 1 Peter 1:13 Lit be sober
  3. 1 Peter 1:13 Or which is announced
  4. 1 Peter 1:14 Lit children of obedience
  5. 1 Peter 1:14 Or conform yourselves
  6. 1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to
  7. 1 Peter 1:15 Or become

Be Holy in All Your Conduct

13 Therefore, when you have prepared your minds for action[a] by[b] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires you used to conform to[c] in your ignorance, 15 but as the one who called you is holy, you yourselves be holy in all your conduct, 16 for it is written, “You will be holy, because I am[d] holy.”[e][f]

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  1. 1 Peter 1:13 Literally “having girded up the loins of your mind”
  2. 1 Peter 1:13 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being self-controlled”) which is understood as means
  3. 1 Peter 1:14 This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb “be conformed to”
  4. 1 Peter 1:16 Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation
  5. 1 Peter 1:16 A quotation from Lev 19:2
  6. 1 Peter 1:16 Some manuscripts explicitly state “I am holy”