12 to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same things which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which[a] angels desire to look.

Be Holy in All Your Conduct

13 Therefore, when you have prepared your minds for action[b] by[c] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires you used to conform to[d] in your ignorance,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:12 Literally “into which things
  2. 1 Peter 1:13 Literally “having girded up the loins of your mind”
  3. 1 Peter 1:13 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being self-controlled”) which is understood as means
  4. 1 Peter 1:14 This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb “be conformed to”