The way the Greek is written, everything in 1 Peter 1:14 leads up to the command contained in 1 Peter 1:15, “Be holy.” What is translated as a command in 1 Peter 1:14 (“do not be conformed”) is in Greek a participle that describes an aspect of being holy. The same is true of the introductory phrase of 1 Peter 1:14, “as obedient children.”
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,