1 Peter 1:13-16
New English Translation
13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action[a] by being fully sober, and set your hope[b] completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.[c] 14 Like obedient children, do not comply with[d] the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,[e] 15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct, 16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, because I am holy.”[f]
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- 1 Peter 1:13 tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.
- 1 Peter 1:13 tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”
- 1 Peter 1:13 tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).
- 1 Peter 1:14 tn Or “do not be conformed to”; Grk “not being conformed to.”
- 1 Peter 1:14 tn Grk “the former lusts in your ignorance.”
- 1 Peter 1:16 sn A quotation from Lev 19:2.
1 Peter 1:13-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A Call to Holy Living
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action;[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.(A) 14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,(B) 16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(C)
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- 1.13 Gk gird up the loins of your mind
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