1 Peter 1:24-2:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 for:
“All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like the flower of the field;
the grass withers,
and the flower wilts;(A)
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
This is the word that has been proclaimed to you.
Chapter 2
God’s House and People. 1 [a]Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander;(B) 2 like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation,
Footnotes
- 2:1–3 Growth toward salvation is seen here as two steps: first, stripping away all that is contrary to the new life in Christ; second, the nourishment (pure spiritual milk) that the newly baptized have received.
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