1 Peter 1:16-18

Modern English Version

¹⁶ because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”^[a]

¹⁷ And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your sojourning. ¹⁸ For you know that you were not redeemed from your vain way of life inherited from your fathers with perishable things, like silver or gold,