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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A) 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[d](B) 24 For

“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,(C)
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

That word is the good news that was announced to you.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.22 Or lives
  2. 1.22 Other ancient authorities add through the Spirit
  3. 1.22 Other ancient authorities read a pure heart
  4. 1.23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God

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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Other mss. read the truth through the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 1:23 Or by the word of the living and everlasting God
  3. 1 Peter 1:24 Lit. all flesh
  4. 1 Peter 1:25 MT source citation reads Lord
  5. 1 Peter 1:25 Cf. Isa 40:6-8