1 Peter 1:17-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁷ If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. ¹⁸ You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. ²⁰ He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. ²¹ Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

²² Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth^[a] so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply^[b] from the heart.^{[c] 23} You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.^[d]