The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New International Version NIV
19 on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20 God knew him before the founding of the universe, but revealed him in the acharit-hayamim for your sakes.
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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 trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; so that your trust 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 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have a sincere love for your brothers, love each other deeply, with all your 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 again not from some seed that will decay, but from one that cannot decay, through the living Word of God that lasts 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 For all humanity is like grass, all its glory is like a wildflower the grass withers, and the flower falls off; but the Word of ADONAI lasts forever. Moreover, this Word is the Good News which has been proclaimed to you.
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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,
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