^{20 Ref} Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

^{21 Ref} Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

^{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.