| 1:18 |
For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers, |
| 1:19 |
but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb, |
| 1:20 |
foreknown, certainly, before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in these latter times for your sake. |
| 1:21 |
Through him, you have been faithful to God, who raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God. |
| 1:22 |
So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively. |
| 1:23 |
For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity. |
| 1:24 |
For all flesh is like the grass and all its glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and its flower falls away. |
| 1:25 |
But the Word of the Lord endures for eternity. And this is the Word that has been evangelized to you. |
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