1 Peter 1:22

Mace New Testament

You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now that you have been made pure through doing what God has told you to do, you will be able to love others like you're supposed to. Love each other with all you've got—hold nothing back.

Bible in Basic English
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

Darby Translation
Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

World English Bible
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:

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Having purified your souls by obeying the truth thro' the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Weymouth's New Testament
Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

King James Version (1611)
Seeing yee haue purified your soules in obeying the truth through the Spirit, vnto vnfained loue of the brethren: see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

Literal Translation
Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unpretended brotherly love, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

THE MESSAGE
Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, God's Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

Amplified Bible
Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],

American Standard Version
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Revised Standard Version
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten saynynge se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently:

Update Bible Version
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart:

Webster's Bible Translation
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Young's Literal Translation
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,

New Century Version
Now that your obedience to the truth has purified your souls, you can have true love for your Christian brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply with all your heart.

New English Translation
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Berean Standard Bible
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Contemporary English Version
You obeyed the truth, and your souls were made pure. Now you sincerely love each other. But you must keep on loving with all your heart.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have a sincere love for your brothers, love each other deeply, with all your heart.

English Standard Version
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

George Lamsa Translation
Let your souls be sanctified by obedience to the truth, and be filled with sincere love, so that you may love one another with pure and perfect hearts:

Christian Standard Bible®
By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Hebrew Names Version
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:

International Standard Version
Now that you have obeyed the truththe truth through the Spirit">[fn] and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.Acts 15:9; Romans 12:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:5; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 2:17; 3:8; 4:8; 2 Peter 1:7; 1 John 3:18;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Let your souls be sanctified in obedience to the truth, and be filled with the charity which respecteth not persons, that with a pure heart and perfect you may love one another,

Murdock Translation
while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

New King James Version
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit [fn] in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

New Living Translation
You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

New Life Bible
You have made your souls pure by obeying the truth through the Holy Spirit. This has given you a true love for the Christians. Let it be a true love from the heart.

English Revised Version
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

New Revised Standard
Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

King James Version
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Lexham English Bible
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:

Easy-to-Read Version
You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

New American Standard Bible
Since you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,

Good News Translation
Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And make ye chast youre soulis in obedience of charite, in loue of britherhod; of simple herte loue ye togidre more bisili.

Contextual Overview

¹³ Let your minds then be duely prepar'd, be vigilant, and constantly expect the favour you will meet with at the appearance of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ as obedient children be no longer influenc'd by those passions, which were the effects of your former ignorance. ¹⁵ but as he, who has called you, is holy: let your whole conduct be an imitation of his holiness. ¹⁶ for it is written, "be ye holy, because I am holy." ¹⁷ and since you invoke him as your father, who without respect of persons judges every one according to his actions; while you are passing thro' this world, be fearful of offending him: ¹⁸ considering, that it was not by such perishable things as silver or gold, that you were releas'd from those vain rites and customs impos'd upon you by your fathers, ¹⁹ but by the precious blood of Christ, who is the lamb without spot, and without blemish: ²⁰ who was destin'd before the creation of the world, tho' 'tis of late only that he has appear'd, upon your account: ²¹ it is by him that you believe in God, who has raised him from the dead, and invested him with glory, that your faith and your hope might be in God. ²² You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

Bible Verse Review
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ye have: John 15:3, John 17:17, John 17:19, Acts 15:9, Romans 6:16, Romans 6:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, James 4:8

in: 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 4:17, Acts 6:7, Romans 1:5, Romans 2:8, Galatians 3:1, Galatians 5:7, Hebrews 5:9, Hebrews 11:8

through: Romans 8:13, Galatians 5:5, 2 Timothy 1:14, Hebrews 9:14

unto: 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Peter 4:8, John 13:34, John 13:35, John 15:17, Romans 12:9, Romans 12:10, 2 Corinthians 6:6, Ephesians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Timothy 1:5, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:1, James 2:15, James 2:16, 2 Peter 1:7, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:14-19, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:2

see: Philippians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Revelation 2:4

a pure: 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:12, 1 Timothy 5:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - brethren Numbers 11:17 - I will take Psalms 51:10 - clean Proverbs 16:6 - mercy Proverbs 21:8 - but Ezekiel 18:31 - make Ezekiel 36:27 - I will Daniel 12:10 - shall be Zephaniah 2:3 - seek righteousness Matthew 5:8 - are Matthew 25:40 - Inasmuch Luke 17:5 - Increase John 3:7 - Ye John 3:21 - that his John 4:14 - shall be John 15:12 - General John 18:37 - Every Acts 9:17 - Brother Romans 10:16 - obeyed Romans 12:11 - fervent Romans 16:1 - our Romans 16:14 - and 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are sanctified 2 Corinthians 7:1 - let 2 Corinthians 8:7 - see 2 Corinthians 8:8 - prove 2 Corinthians 10:5 - the obedience Galatians 3:14 - might Galatians 5:16 - Walk Galatians 5:22 - love Ephesians 1:15 - love Ephesians 4:15 - speaking the truth Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Ephesians 5:15 - See Ephesians 5:26 - by Philippians 2:1 - if any fellowship Philippians 4:8 - are true Colossians 1:8 - General Colossians 3:23 - whatsoever 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - See 2 Timothy 1:5 - unfeigned 2 Timothy 1:7 - of love 2 Timothy 2:21 - purge Titus 2:14 - purify Philemon 1:16 - a brother Hebrews 9:13 - the purifying Hebrews 12:25 - See James 3:17 - hypocrisy 1 Peter 1:2 - unto 2 Peter 3:1 - pure 1 John 3:18 - let 2 John 1:1 - whom 2 John 1:5 - that we Revelation 3:15 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seeing ye have purified your souls,.... The apostle passes to another exhortation, namely, to brotherly love; the ground of which he makes to be, the purification of their souls; and which supposes that they had been impure; and indeed, their whole persons, souls and bodies, were so by nature; even all the members of their bodies, and all the powers and faculties of their souls: it is internal purity, purity of the heart, that is here particularly respected; though not to the exclusion of outward purity, for where there is the former, there will be the latter; but there may be an external purity, where there is not the inward one: this the apostle ascribes to the saints themselves, but not without the grace of God, the blood of Christ, and the operations of his Spirit; as appears by a following clause; but they are said to purify themselves, inasmuch as having the grace of faith bestowed on them, they were enabled, under the influences of the Spirit of God, to exercise it on the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin:

in obeying the truth; of the Gospel, by receiving, believing, and embracing it in the love of it; which teaches outward purity, and is a means in the hand of the spirit of inward purity, and of directing to the purifying blood of Jesus, who sanctifies and cleanses by the word:

through the Spirit; this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, but is in the Arabic version, and ought to be retained; for, as Christ died to purify to himself a peculiar people, the Spirit of Christ does from him purify the heart by faith in his blood; by sprinkling that on the conscience, and by leading the faith of God's people to the fountain of it, to wash it for sin, and for uncleanness; even both their consciences and their conversation, garments; whereby they obtain inward and outward purity:

unto unfeigned love of the brethren; which is the end of sanctification, and an evidence of it; when the saints are loved as brethren, and because such; and with a love without dissimulation, not in word and in tongue only, but in deed and in truth: this being the case, the exhortation follows:

[see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently: this is Christ's new commandment, and the evidence of regeneration; a distinguishing badge of Christianity, and without which all profession of religion is a vain and empty thing: this should he mutual and cordial; should proceed from the heart, and from an heart sprinkled from an evil conscience; and should be with warmth and fervency, and not with coldness and indifference; though the word here used, εκτενως, may not only design the intenseness of it, but the extensiveness of it also; as that it should reach to all the saints, the poor as well as the rich, and the lesser as well as the greater and more knowing believers; and likewise may denote the continuance of it; it ought to be continually exercised, and to last always; and so the Arabic version renders it, "with a perpetual love".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seeing ye have purified your souls - Greek, “Having purified your souls.” The apostles were never afraid of referring to human agency as having an important part in saving the soul Compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. No one is made pure without personal intention or effort - any more than one becomes accomplished or learned without personal exertion. One of the leading effects of the agency of the Holy Spirit is to excite us to make efforts for our own salvation; and there is no true piety which is not the fair result of culture, as really as the learning of a Person, or the harvest of the farmer. The amount of effort which we make “in purifying our souls” is usually also the measure of our attainments in religion. No one can expect to have any true piety beyond the amount of effort which he makes to be conformed to God, any more than one can expect wealth, or fame, or learning, without exertion.

In obeying the truth - That is, your yielding to the requirements of truth, and to its fair influence on your minds, has been the means of your becoming pure. The truth here referred to is, undoubtedly, that which is revealed in the gospel - the great system of truth respecting the redemption of the world.

Through the Spirit - By the agency of the Holy Spirit. It is his office to apply truth to the mind; and however precious the truth may be, and however adapted to secure certain results on the soul, it will never produce those effects without the influences of the Holy Spirit. Compare Titus 3:5-6; the notes at John 3:5.

Unto unfeigned love of the brethren - The effect of the influence of the Holy Spirit in applying the truth has been to produce sincere love to all who are true Christians. Compare the John 13:34 note; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 note. See also 1 John 3:14-18.

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently - Compare the Hebrews 13:1 note; John 13:34-35 notes; Ephesians 5:2 note. The phrase “with a pure heart fervently,” means:

(1)That it should be genuine love proceeding from a heart in which there is no guile or hypocrisy; and,

(2)That it should be intense affection, (ἐκτενῶς ektenōs;) not cold and formal, but ardent and strong.

If there is any reason why we should love true Christians at all, there is the same reason why our attachment to them should be intense. This verse establishes the following points:

(1) That truth was at the foundation of their piety. They had none of which this was not the proper basis; and in which the foundation was not as broad as the superstructure. There is no religion in the world which is not the fair developement of truth; which the truth is not suited to produce.

(2) They became Christians as the result of obeying the truth; or by yielding to its fair influence on the soul. Their own minds complied with its claims; their own hearts yielded; there was the exercise of their own volitions. This expresses a doctrine of great importance:

1. There is always the exercise of the powers of the mind in true religion; always a yielding to truth; always a voluntary reception of it into the soul.
1. Religion is always of the nature of obedience. It consists in yielding to what is true and right; in laying aside the feelings of opposition, and in allowing the mind to follow where truth and duty lead.
2. This would always take place when the truth is presented to the mind, if there were no voluntary resistance. If all people were ready to yield to the truth, they would become Christians. The only reason why all people do not love and serve God is that they refuse to yield to what they know to be true and right.

(3) The agency by which this was accomplished was that of the Holy Spirit. Truth is adapted in itself to a certain end or result, as seed is adapted to produce a harvest. But it will no more of itself produce its appropriate effects on the soul, than seed will produce a harvest without rains, and dews, and suns. In all cases, therefore, the proper effect of truth on the soul is to be traced to the influence of the Holy Spirit, as the germination of the seed in the earth is to the foreign cause that acts on it. No man was ever converted by the mere effect of truth without the agency of the Holy Spirit, any more than seed germinates when laid upon a hard rock.

(4) The effect of this influence of the Holy Spirit in applying the truth is to produce love to all who are Christians. Love to Christian brethren springs up in the soul of everyone who is truly converted: and this love is just as certain evidence that the seed of truth has germinated in the soul, as the green and delicate blade that peeps up through the earth is evidence that the seed sown has been quickened into life. Compare the 1 Thessalonians 4:9 note; 1 John 3:14 note. We may learn hence:

(a)That truth is of inestimable value. It is as valuable as religion itself, for all the religion in the world is the result of it.

1. Error and falsehood are mischievous and evil in the same degree. There is no true religion which is the fair result of error; and all the pretended religion that is sustained by error is worthless.
1. If a system of religion, or a religious measure or doctrine, cannot be defended by truth, it should be at once abandoned. Compare the notes at Job 13:7.
2. We should avoid the places where error is taught. Proverbs 19:27, “cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.”
3. We should place ourselves under the teachings of truth, for there is truth enough in the world to occupy all our time and attention; and it is only by truth that our minds can be benefitted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls — Having purified your souls, in obeying the truth-by believing in Christ Jesus, through the influence and teaching of the Spirit; and giving full proof of it by unfeigned love to the brethren; ye love one another, or ye will love each other, with a pure heart fervently. These persons, First, heard the truth, that is, the Gospel; thus called in a great variety of places in the New Testament, because it contains THE truth without mixture of error, and is the truth and substance of all the preceding dispensations by which it was typified. Secondly, they obeyed that truth, by believing on Him who came into the world to save sinners. Thirdly, through this believing on the Son of God, their hearts were purified by the word of truth applied to them by the Holy Spirit. Fourthly, the love of God being shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, they loved the brethren with pure hearts fervently, εκτενως, intensely or continually; the full proof that their brotherly love was unfeigned, φιλαδελφιαν ανυποκριτον, a fraternal affection without hypocrisy.