1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart fervently;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

In Context

21who through him believe on God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are on God.

23being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which lives and abides forever.

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Cross References

John 15:3Ye are already clean, through the word which I have spoken to you.

John 17:17Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth.

Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Romans 1:5through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Romans 12:9Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. In brotherly love,

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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