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22 Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth[a] so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply[b] from the heart.[c] 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[d] 24 For

“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Other ancient authorities add through the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Or constantly
  3. 1 Peter 1:22 Other ancient authorities read a pure heart
  4. 1 Peter 1:23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God

22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a] 23 For you have been born again,(D) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(E) through the living and enduring word of God.(F) 24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart