¹³ In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;^(A)

²² to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,^(A)

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,^[a](A)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

2 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.^(A)