1 Peter 1:22-25

Revised Standard Version

²²Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart. ²³You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; ²⁴for

“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
²⁵but the word of the Lord abides for ever.”

That word is the good news which was preached to you.

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