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New International Version NIV
20 He indeed 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 through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are 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 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure 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 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
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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 because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls 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 endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached 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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