1 Peter 1:17-25

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷If you ^(A)address as Father the One who ^(B)impartially ^(C)judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves ^(D)in fear during the time of your ^(E)stay on earth; ¹⁸knowing that you were not ^[a]^(F)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(G)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹but with precious ^(H)blood, as of a ^(I)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ²⁰For He was ^(J)foreknown before ^(K)the foundation of the world, but has ^(L)appeared ^[b]in these last times ^(M)for the sake of you ²¹who through Him are ^(N)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(O)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(P)hope are in God.

²²Since you have ^(Q)purified your souls ^(R)in obedience to the truth for a ^(S)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from ^[c]the heart, ²³for you have been ^(T)born again ^(U)not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring ^(V)word of God. ²⁴For,

“^(W)All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory is like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
²⁵^(X)But the word of the Lord endures forever.”