20 He was chosen[a](A) before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times(B) for you 21 who through Him are believers in God,(C) who raised Him from the dead(D) and gave Him glory,(E) so that your faith and hope are in God.

22 By obedience to the truth,[b] having purified yourselves[c] for sincere love of the brothers, love one another(F) earnestly[d] from a pure[e] heart,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:20 Or foreknown
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Other mss add through the Spirit
  3. 1 Peter 1:22 Or purified your souls
  4. 1 Peter 1:22 Or intensely
  5. 1 Peter 1:22 Other mss omit pure

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