14. In the past you did not understand, so you did the evil things you wanted. But now you are children of God who obey. So do not live as you lived in the past.
15. But be holy in all that you do, just as God is holy. God is the One who called you.
16. It is written in the Scriptures: “You must be holy, because I am holy.”
17. You pray to God and call him Father. And this Father judges each man’s work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God.
18. You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, but not with something that ruins like gold or silver.
19. You were bought with the precious blood of the death of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.
20. Christ was chosen before the world was made. But he was shown to the world in these last times for you.