22 Since you have (A)purified your souls (B)in obedience to the truth for a (C)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from [a]the heart,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Two early mss a pure heart

22 Now that you have taken care to purify your souls through your submission to the truth, you can experience real love for each other. So love each other deeply from a [pure][a] heart.

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  1. 1:22 Some manuscripts omit “pure.”

22-25 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said,

The old life is a grass life,
    its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers;
Grass dries up, flowers wilt,
    God’s Word goes on and on forever.

This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

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Exhortación al amor fraternal

22 Puesto que en obediencia a la verdad(A) ustedes han purificado sus almas[a](B) para un amor sincero de hermanos(C), ámense unos a otros entrañablemente, de corazón puro.

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  1. 1 Pedro 1:22 Algunos mss. posteriores agregan: mediante el Espíritu.