²²By obedience to the truth, ⁿhaving purified yourselves ^ofor sincere love of the brothers, love one another ^pearnestly ^qfrom a pure ^rheart, ^s²³since you have been born again ^t—not of perishable seed ^ubut of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God. ^v²⁴For

All flesh is like grass,

and all its glory ^wlike a flower of the grass.

The grass withers, and the flower falls,

²⁵but the word of the Lord endures forever. ^x^y

And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.

The Living Stone and a Holy People

2So rid yourselves of ^zall malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. ^a²Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, ^bso that you may grow by it for your salvation, ^c³since you have tasted ^dthat the Lord is good. ^e^f

Read in Logos

1 Peter 1:23: …since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God…

Footnotes

n1:22 Other add through the Spirit
o1:22 Or purified your souls
q1:22 Or intensely
r1:22 Other omit pure
c2:2 Other omit in your salvation

Cross references

p1:22 Zch 7:9; Jn 13:34; Rm 12:10; 1Th 4:9; 1Jn 4:7
s1:22 1Tm 1:5
t1:23 1Pt 1:3
u1:23 1Jn 3:9
v1:23 Lk 8:21; Heb 4:12
w1:24 1Pt 5:4
x1:24–25 Is 40:6–8; Lk 21:33; Jms 1:10–11; 1Jn 2:17
y1:24–25 Is 40:6–8
z2:1 Rm 13:12
a2:1 2Co 12:20
b2:2 1Co 3:2; 9:7; Heb 5:12–13
d2:3 Heb 6:4–5
e2:3 Ps 34:8; Ti 3:4
f2:3 Ps 34:8