For if you have made your heart pure, and lifted up [your] hands towards Him;

if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.

I will wash my hands in innocence, and compass Your altar, O Lord;

Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved; how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?

And now, what are you going to do? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

And I said to him, "My lord, you know." So he said to me, "These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation, and have washed their robes and they made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity.

Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness in which you have sinned against Me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel?

And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to Me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.

And be not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they did not hear, nor heed Me, says the Lord.

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

that you put off, concerning your former way of life, the old man which is being corrupted according to the deceitful lusts,

and that you put on the new man which was created in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness.

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell forever.

We have hated evil, and loved good; restore judgment in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

[Let] love [be] without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Therefore, having put off falsehood, "Let each one speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another.

nor give opportunity to the devil.

Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.