^{22 Ref} 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:

^{23 Ref} Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

^{24 Ref} For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

^{25 Ref} But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

^{22 Ref} 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:

^{23 Ref} having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

^{24 Ref} For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

^{25 Ref} But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

^{22 Ref} 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,

^{23 Ref} being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;

^{24 Ref} because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

^{25 Ref} and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.