As Paul unfolds the Hebrew Shema in Romans 1-4: he talks about the Lord as one and so we are unified. Now in Romans 5 He moves onto loving the Lord with all our heart and all our soul and all our strength. To do that means that we must become the people He has purchased us to be.
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]