^{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.

^{22 Ref} Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

^{23 Ref} having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

^{24 Ref} For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

^{25 Ref} But the Lord's word endures forever." This is the word of good news which was preached to you.