Catholic Public Domain Version
"So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively. "
— 1 Peter 1:22, Catholic Public Domain 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:”
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: ”
“Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:”
“You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.”
“Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:”
“And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:”
“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:”
but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,
foreknown, certainly, before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in these latter times for your sake.
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.
So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.
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.
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.
But the Word of the Lord endures for eternity. And this is the Word that has been evangelized to you.