1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Christian Standard Bible

²²Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth,^[a] so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other,^(A) from a pure^[b] heart love one another constantly,^[c]^(B) ²³because you have been born again^(C)—not of perishable seed^(D) but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.^(E) ²⁴For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory^(F) like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
²⁵but the word of the Lord endures forever.^[d]^(G)

And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you.

The Living Stone and a Holy People

2 Therefore, rid yourselves of^(H) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.^(I) ²Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,^[e]^(J) so that by it you may grow up into your salvation, ³if you have tasted^(K) that the Lord is good.^[f]^(L)

Footnotes

1:22 Other mss add through the Spirit
1:22 Other mss omit pure
1:22 Or fervently
1:24–25 Is 40:6–8
2:2 Or desire pure spiritual milk
2:3 Ps 34:8

Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.