¹⁸ knowing that you were not ^[a](A)redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold from your ^(B)futile conduct inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹ but with precious ^(C)blood, as of a ^(D)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ²⁰ He was ^(E)foreknown before ^(F)the foundation of the world, but ^(G)appeared ^[b]in these last times ^(H)for the sake of you ²¹ who through Him are ^(I)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(J)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(K)hope are in God.

²² Since you have ^(L)in obedience to the truth ^(M)purified your souls for a love of the brothers ^(N)without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from ^[c]the heart, ²³ for you have been ^(O)born again ^(P)not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, that is, through the living and enduring ^(Q)word of God. ²⁴ For,

And this is ^(T)the word which was ^[d]proclaimed to you as good news.