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22 Since you have purified hagnizō · ho your hymeis souls psychē by en · ho obedience hypakoē to the ho truth alētheia so that eis there is a sincere anypokritos love for other believers philadelphia, love agapaō one another allēlōn fervently ektenōs from ek a pure katharos heart kardia, 23 for you have been born again anagennaō not ou of ek perishable phthartos seed spora but alla of imperishable aphthartos, by dia means of the living zaō and kai enduring menō word logos of God theos. 24 For dioti All pas flesh sarx is like hōs grass chortos, and kai all pas its autos glory doxa like hōs the flower anthos of grass chortos; the ho grass chortos dries up xērainō and kai its ho flower anthos falls ekpiptō; 25 but de the ho word rhēma of the Lord kyrios endures menō for eis all ho time aiōn.” And de this houtos is eimi the ho word rhēma that ho was preached euangelizō to eis you hymeis.

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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