1 Peter 1:22-25
English Standard Version
22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 (C)since you have been born again, (D)not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through (E)the living and abiding word of God; 24 for
(F)“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
25 (G)but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word (H)is the good news that was preached to you.
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1 Peter 1:22-25
International Standard Version
Love One Another
22 Now that you have obeyed the truth[a] and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart. 23 For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God.[b] 24 For
“All human life[c] is like grass,
and all its glory is like a flower in the grass.
The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
25 but the word of the Lord[d] lasts forever.”[e]
Now this word is the good news that was announced to you.
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- 1 Peter 1:22 Other mss. read the truth through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:23 Or by the word of the living and everlasting God
- 1 Peter 1:24 Lit. all flesh
- 1 Peter 1:25 MT source citation reads Lord
- 1 Peter 1:25 Cf. Isa 40:6-8
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