1 Peter 1:17-21
Chapter 1
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You call upon a Father who shows no favoritism but judges each person based on their deeds; therefore, take seriously the time you spend in a foreign land.
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Remember that you were freed from the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not with gold or silver,
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but with the precious blood of Christ, the spotless and pure Lamb.
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He was destined before creating the world, but was revealed to you in these last days.
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Through him, you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him so that your faith and hope may be in God alone.
Commentaries
Christian Conduct.
The certainty of the promised good causes Christians to experience their waiting time as a period of salvation and, therefore, a time of joy. And this is not only despite present sufferings but precisely because of them. It is the paradoxical joy of the persecuted mentioned in the Beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:12). “Live soberly” (13) is how the disciple views the conduct of his followers during this waiting period.