November 17, 2019

²² Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, ²³ since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; ²⁴ for

“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

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Cross references

1 Peter 1:22 : Rom. 12:9; See Heb. 13:1 1 Peter 1:22 : 1 Tim. 1:5 1 Peter 1:23 : ver. 3; [John 3:3; James 1:18] 1 Peter 1:23 : John 1:13 1 Peter 1:23 : Heb. 4:12 1 Peter 1:24 : James 1:10, 11; Cited from Isa. 40:6, 8 1 Peter 1:25 : [Matt. 24:35] 1 Peter 1:25 : Isa. 40:9

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