12. To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.
13. For this reason, gird the waist of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly in the grace that is offered to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14. Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,
15. but in accord with him who has called you: the Holy One. And in every behavior, you yourself must be holy,
16. for it is written: "You shall be holy, for I am Holy."
17. And if you invoke as Father him who, without showing favoritism to persons, judges according to each one's work, then act in fear during the time of your sojourning here.
18. For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers,