1 Peter 1:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶ for it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’

¹⁷ If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. ¹⁸ You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,