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New International Version NIV
20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times 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 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so 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 your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the 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 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
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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 thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
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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 abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was 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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