"Remember, that you were freed from the useless way of life of your ancestors, not with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of the Lamb without spot or blemish. GOD, who has known CHRIST before the world began, revealed HIM to you in the last days. Through HIM, you have faith in GOD, who raised HIM from the dead, and glorified HIM, in order that you might put all your faith and hope in GOD.
In obeying the truth, you have gained interior purification, from which comes sincere mutual love. Love one another, then, with all your heart, since you are born again, not from mortal beings, but with enduring life, through the word of GOD, who lives and remains forever. It is written: All flesh is grass and its glory like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of the LORD endures forever. This word, is the gospel, which has been brought to you." - 1 Peter 1:18-25
(Here we recognize this being born anew, being born from above, which JESUS tells Nicodemus in John 3:9.
What follows is a call to live perfectly: not attached to the things of the present, but eager to live a useful and holy life before GOD, in proportion to what we have cost HIM.)
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