of the grace which was to come to you.
001:011 They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within
them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time,
when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that
were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.
001:012 To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you,
when they foretold the very things which have now been openly
declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy Spirit
which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News.
Angels long to stoop and look into these things.
001:013 Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly
and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours,
at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
001:014 And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives
by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time
of your ignorance,
001:015 but--in imitation of the holy One who has called you--
you also must be holy in all your habits of life.
001:016 Because it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy."
001:017 And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially
in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear
the time of your stay here on earth,
001:018 knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of
perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set
free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed
down to you from your forefathers,
001:019 but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished
and spotless lamb.
001:020 He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation
of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last