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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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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