1 Peter 1:18–25 · BSB
1:18
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
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1:20
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
1:21
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
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