You are to be holy, for I am holy.
| 1:13 | | So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; |
| 1:14 | | Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge: |
| 1:15 | | But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; |
| 1:16 | | Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy. |
| 1:17 | | And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth: |
| 1:18 | | Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction, |
| 1:19 | | But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ: |
| 1:20 | | Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you, |
| 1:21 | | Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God. |
| 1:22 | | And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart: |
| 1:23 | | Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God. |
| 1:24 | | For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead: |
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But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.
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If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them. - John 13:17
Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God? - John 11:40
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you. - 2 Corithians 13:14
Be in peace and until next time.
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By João Caboclo da Silva Filho - Contact me at johncaboclo@gmail.com
