21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

22 Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth[4] so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply[5] from the heart.[6]

23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[7]