"PERISHABLE THINGS"

FOR YOU KNOW IT WAS NOT WITH PERISHABLE THINGS

SUCH AS SIVLER OR GOLD THAT YOU WERE REDEEMED

FROM THE EMPTY WAY OF LIFE HANDED DOWN TO YOU FROM

YOUR FOREFATHERS,

BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST,

A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OR DEFECT.

HE WAS CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD,

BUT WAS REVEALED IN THESE LAST TIMES,

FOR YOUR SAKE.

THROUGH HIM YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, WHO RAISED HIM

FROM THE DEAD AND GLORIFIED HIM,

AND SO YOUR FAITH AND HOPE ARE IN GOD.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOURSELFS BY

OBEYING

THE TRUTH SO THAT YOUR SINCERE LOVE FOR YOUR BROTHERS, LOVE ONE ANOTHER DEEPLY, FROM THE HEART.

FOR YOU HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN, NOT WITH PERISHABLE SEED, BUT OF IMPERISHABLE,

THROUGH THE LIVING AND ENDURING WORD OF GOD!

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