¹⁷ And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially^(A) based on each one’s work,^(B) you are to conduct yourselves in fear^(C) during the time of your temporary residence. ¹⁸ For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life^(D) inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,^{(E) 19} but with the precious blood of Christ,^(F) like that of a lamb^(G) without defect or blemish. ²⁰ He was chosen^[a](H) before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times^(I) for you ²¹ who through Him are believers in God,^(J) who raised Him from the dead^(K) and gave Him glory,^(L) so that your faith and hope are in God.