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20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in 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 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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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 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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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 as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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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 endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto 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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