1 Peter 1:22
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:
Study Note
Study Note
The call to 'love one another with a pure heart fervently' follows the declaration that souls have been purified through obedience to the truth — making intense communal love the expected ethical fruit of regeneration. The adverb 'fervently' (ektenos) implies strained, sustained effort, suggesting that brotherly love is not automatic but requires ongoing intentional cultivation. The verse anticipates 1 John 4:7-12's argument that love for the brethren is the visible evidence of knowing God, and both texts draw on Jesus's new commandment in John 13:34 — 'love one another as I have loved you.'
Other Translations
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:
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,
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:
Cross References
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also …
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company …
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,