God’s Word Translation
1 Peter 1:22
22Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.
1 Peter 1:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
Context of 1 Peter 1:22
20He is the lamb who was known long ago before the world existed, but for your good he became publicly known in the last period of time. 21Through him you believe in God who brought Christ back to life and gave him glory. So your faith and confidence are in God. Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other. 23You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why ⌞Scripture says⌟, 24“All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
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Τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἡγνικότες ἐν τῇ ὑπακοῇ τῆς ἀληθείας εἰς φιλαδελφίαν ἀνυπόκριτον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας ἀλλήλους ἀγαπήσατε ἐκτενῶς·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Seeing ye have purifiedἁγνίζωhagnizō · to purifyG48
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- soulsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- soulsψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- obeyingὑπακοήhupakoē · obedienceG5218
- the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
- throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- unfeignedἀνυπόκριτοςanupokritos · genuineG505
- love of the brethrenφιλαδελφίαphiladelphia · brotherly loveG5360
- loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
- withἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- a pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- ferventlyἐκτενῶςektenōs · ferventlyG1619
Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:22
- John 15:3“You are already clean because of what I have told you.
- John 17:17“Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth.
- Acts 15:9God doesn’t discriminate between Jewish and non-Jewish people. He has cleansed non-Jewish people through faith as he has cleansed us Jews.
- Romans 6:16Don’t you know that if you offer to be someone’s slave, you must obey that master? Either your master is sin, or your master is obedience. Letting sin be your master leads to death. Letting obedience be your master leads to God’s approval.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. You are loved by the Lord and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through a life of spiritual devotion and faith in the truth.
- James 4:8Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
- 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. Some husbands may not obey God’s word. Their wives could win these men ⌞for Christ⌟ by the way they live without saying anything.
- 1 Peter 4:17The time has come for the judgment to begin, and it will begin with God’s family. If it starts with us, what will be the end for those who refuse to obey the Good News of God?
- Acts 6:7God’s word continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem grew very large. A large number of priests accepted the faith.
- Romans 1:5Through him we have received God’s kindness and the privilege of being apostles who bring people from every nation to the obedience that is associated with faith. This is for the honor of his name.
- Romans 2:8anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.
- Galatians 3:1You stupid people of Galatia! Who put you under an evil spell? Wasn’t Christ Jesus’ crucifixion clearly described to you?
- Galatians 5:7You were doing so well. Who stopped you from being influenced by the truth?
- Hebrews 5:9After he had finished his work, he became the source of eternal salvation for everyone who obeys him.
- Hebrews 11:8Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.
- Romans 8:13If you live by your corrupt nature, you are going to die. But if you use your spiritual nature to put to death the evil activities of the body, you will live.
Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Seeing ye have purified your souls - Having purified your souls, in obeying the truth - by believing in Christ Jesus, through the influence and teaching of the Spirit; and giving full proof of it by unfeigned love to the brethren; ye love one another, or ye will love each other, with a pure heart fervently. These persons, First, heard the truth, that is, the Gospel; thus called in a great variety of places in the New Testament, because it contains The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Seeing ye have purified your souls - Greek, “Having purified your souls.” The apostles were never afraid of referring to human agency as having an important part in saving the soul Compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. No one is made pure without personal intention or effort - any more than one becomes accomplished or learned without personal exertion. One of the leading effects of the agency of the Holy Spirit is to excite us to make efforts for our own salvation…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan takes him captive at his will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22have a genuine love for your brothers (Literally, must have brotherly love): See study note on 5:9.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. purified ... in obeying the truth--Greek, "in your (or 'the') obedience of (that is, 'to') the truth (the Gospel way of salvation)," that is, in the fact of your believing. Faith purifies the heart as giving it the only pure motive, love to God (Ac 15:9; Ro 1:5, "obedience to the faith"). through the Spirit--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. The Holy Spirit is the purifier by bestowing the obedience of faith (1Pe 1:2; 1Co 12:3). unto--with a view to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Peter 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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