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,
19. but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,
20. foreknown, certainly, before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in these latter times for your sake.
21. Through him, you have been faithful to God, who raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.
22. So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.
23. For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity.