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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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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a] 23 For you have been born again,(D) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(E) through the living and enduring word of God.(F) 24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[b](G)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
  2. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)