1 Peter 1:22 “Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that y…”

1 Peter 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

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,

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

Darby Translation

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

Young's Literal Translation

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

Bible in Basic English

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:

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Cross references

“ye have”

James 4:8 Acts 15:9 2 Thessalonians 2:13 John 15:3 John 17:17 John 17:19

James 4:8 · BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Acts 15:9 · BSB

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

John 15:3 · BSB

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 17:17 · BSB

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

John 17:19 · BSB

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

“in”

Hebrews 11:8 1 Peter 4:17 1 Peter 3:1 Galatians 3:1 Hebrews 5:9 Romans 1:5

Hebrews 11:8 · BSB

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

1 Peter 4:17 · BSB

For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

1 Peter 3:1 · BSB

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

Galatians 3:1 · BSB

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

Hebrews 5:9 · BSB

And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

Romans 1:5 · BSB

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

“through”

Galatians 5:5 Hebrews 9:14 2 Timothy 1:14 Romans 8:13

Galatians 5:5 · BSB

But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

2 Timothy 1:14 · BSB

Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Romans 8:13 · BSB

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

“unto”

1 Timothy 1:5 Hebrews 13:1 1 Peter 3:8 1 John 4:12 1 John 4:7 1 John 3:23

1 Timothy 1:5 · BSB

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

Hebrews 13:1 · BSB

Continue in brotherly love.

1 Peter 3:8 · BSB

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

1 John 4:12 · BSB

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:7 · BSB

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 3:23 · BSB

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

“see”

2 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 3:12 Philippians 1:9 Revelation 2:4

2 Thessalonians 1:3 · BSB

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

1 Thessalonians 3:12 · BSB

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

Philippians 1:9 · BSB

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Revelation 2:4 · BSB

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

“a pure”

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 4:12 1 Timothy 5:2

1 Timothy 1:3 · BSB

As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

1 Timothy 4:12 · BSB

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 5:2 · BSB

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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