1 Peter 1:22

Contemporary English Version 1995

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.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:5

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.

Hebrews 13:1

Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind.

1 John 3:23

God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

My dear friends, we always have good reason to thank God for you, because your faith in God and your love for each other keep growing all the time.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love for each other and for everyone else grow by leaps and bounds. This is how our love for you has grown.

1 John 4:20

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

1 Peter 2:17

Respect everyone and show special love for God's people. Honor God and respect the Emperor.

Acts 15:9

God treated them in the same way that he treated us. They put their faith in him, and he made their hearts pure.

1 John 3:11

From the beginning you were told we must love each other.

2 Peter 1:7

concern for others, and love.

Philippians 1:9

I pray that your love will keep on growing and you will fully know and understand

Ephesians 4:3

Try your best to let God's Spirit keep your hearts united. Do this by living at peace.

Galatians 5:5

But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ.

Revelation 2:4

But I do have something against you! And it is this: You don't have as much love as you used to.

1 Peter 4:17

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,

1 Peter 4:8

Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.

Hebrews 11:8

Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

Hebrews 6:10

God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people.

2 Corinthians 6:6

But we have kept ourselves pure and have been understanding, patient, and kind. The Holy Spirit has been with us, and our love has been real.

John 15:17

So I command you to love each other.

1 Peter 3:1

If you are a wife, you must put your husband first. Even if he opposes our message, you will win him over by what you do. No one else will have to say anything to him,

Hebrews 5:9

Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.

2 Timothy 1:14

You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.

1 Timothy 5:2

and treat older women as you would your own mother. Show the same respect to younger women that you would to your sister.

1 Timothy 4:12

Don't let anyone make fun of you, just because you are young. Set an example for other followers by what you say and do, as well as by your love, faith, and purity.

1 Timothy 1:3

When I was leaving for Macedonia, I asked you to stay on in Ephesus and warn certain people there to stop spreading their false teachings.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

My friends, the Lord loves you, and it is only natural for us to thank God for you. God chose you to be the first ones to be saved. His Spirit made you holy, and you put your faith in the truth.

Galatians 3:1

You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?

Galatians 5:7

You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth.

Romans 8:13

If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God's Spirit you say “No” to your desires.

Romans 2:8

But he will show how angry and furious he can be with every selfish person who rejects the truth and wants to do evil.

Romans 1:5

Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.

John 17:17

Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely yours.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of what I have said to you.

Acts 6:7

God's message spread, and many more people in Jerusalem became followers. Even a large number of priests put their faith in the Lord.

John 17:19

I have given myself completely for their sake, so they may belong completely to the truth.

James 1:21

You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message planted in you to save you.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!

1 Peter 3:20

They had disobeyed God while Noah was building the boat, but God had been patient with them. Eight people went into that boat and were brought safely through the flood.