21. You believe in God through Christ. God raised Christ from death and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are in God.
22. Now you have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers. So love each other deeply with all your heart.
23. You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.
24. The Scripture says,“All people are like the grass.And all their strength is like the flowers of the field.The grass dies and the flowers fall.
25. But the word of the Lord will live forever.” Isaiah 40:6-8And this is the word that was preached to you.