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18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.
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He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.
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Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
22 Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.
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Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
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For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
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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For, “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." That word is the good news that was announced to you.
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but the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word that was preached to you.
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