1 Peter 1:18-25

New International Version

¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(A) from the empty way of life^(B) handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹but with the precious blood^(C) of Christ, a lamb^(D) without blemish or defect.^(E) ²⁰He was chosen before the creation of the world,^(F) but was revealed in these last times^(G) for your sake. ²¹Through him you believe in God,^(H) who raised him from the dead^(I) and glorified him,^(J) and so your faith and hope^(K) are in God.

²²Now that you have purified^(L) yourselves by obeying^(M) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(N) from the heart.^[a] ²³For you have been born again,^(O) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(P) through the living and enduring word of God.^(Q) ²⁴For,

“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]^(R)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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