these verses bring to a conclusion what PAul began in 12:1-2. He opens this exhortation to practical Christian living on an eschatological note. This is reminiscent of his appeal for his audience not to be conformed "any longer to the pattern of this world" but to "be transformed by the renewing of their minds" (12:1-2). Here, he concludes his general parenesis on the same eschatological note. Appeal to eschatological accountability as the basis for exhortation is comparatively wides[read throughout the NT.