1 Peter 1:20-25

20 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 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 sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.[a]
23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
24 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.”[b]And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Cross References 13

  • 1. Ephesians 1:4; S Matthew 25:34
  • 2. Hebrews 9:26
  • 3. Romans 4:24; Romans 10:9
  • 4. S Acts 2:24
  • 5. Philippians 2:7-9; Hebrews 2:9
  • 6. ver 3,13; S Hebrews 3:6
  • 7. James 4:8
  • 8. ver 2,14
  • 9. S John 13:34; S Romans 12:10; Hebrews 13:1
  • 10. ver 3; S John 1:13
  • 11. John 1:13
  • 12. S Hebrews 4:12
  • 13. Isaiah 40:6-8; S James 1:10,11

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some early manuscripts "from a pure heart"
  • [b]. Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
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