1 Peter 1:22-25
Revised Standard Version
22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart. 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
25 but the word of the Lord abides for ever.”
That word is the good news which was preached to you.
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1 Peter 1:22-25
American Standard Version
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another [a]from the heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of [b]God, which liveth and abideth. 24 For,
[c]All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
25 But the [d]word of the Lord abideth for ever.
And this is the [e]word of good tidings which was [f]preached unto you.
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- 1 Peter 1:22 Many ancient authorities read from a clean heart. Compare 1 Tim. 1:5.
- 1 Peter 1:23 Or, God who liveth. Compare Dan. 6:26.
- 1 Peter 1:24 Isa. 40:6ff.
- 1 Peter 1:25 Greek saying.
- 1 Peter 1:25 Greek saying.
- 1 Peter 1:25 See verse 12.
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