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22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. 24 For,

“All flesh is like grass,
    and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls;
25     but the Lord’s word endures forever.”Isaiah 40:6-8

This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Many ancient authorities read from a clean heart. Compare 1 Tim. 1:5.
  2. 1 Peter 1:23 Or, God who liveth. Compare Dan. 6:26.
  3. 1 Peter 1:24 Isa. 40:6ff.
  4. 1 Peter 1:25 Greek saying.
  5. 1 Peter 1:25 Greek saying.
  6. 1 Peter 1:25 See verse 12.