21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

22 Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

23 For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God.