1 Peter 1:18-25

18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

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

22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

24for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

25but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.