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13 Therefore prepare your minds for action.[a] Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— 14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”Leviticus 11:44-45

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  1. 1:13 literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind”

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.”

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  1. 1 Peter 1:13 Lit belt up the waist of your mind
  2. 1 Peter 1:13 Lit be sober
  3. 1 Peter 1:14 Lit children of obedience
  4. 1 Peter 1:14 Or conform yourselves
  5. 1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to
  6. 1 Peter 1:15 Or become