1 Peter 1:22–2:3

²²Now that you have purifiedⁿ yourselves by obeying^o the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^p from the heart.^{b 23}For you have been born again,^q not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^r through the living and enduring word of God.^{s 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,

²⁵but the word of the Lord endures forever.”^ct

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2Therefore, rid yourselves^u of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander^v of every kind. ²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^w so that by it you may grow up^x in your salvation, ³now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^y