GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
20 He is the lamb who was known long ago before the world existed, but for your good he became publicly known in the last period of time.
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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 believe in God who brought Christ back to life and gave him glory. So your faith and confidence 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 Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.
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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 a seed that can be destroyed, but through God's everlasting word that can't be destroyed. That's why [Scripture says],
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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 "All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
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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 lasts forever." This word is the Good News that was told 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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