SCRIPTURE
I Peter 1:17-23
17 If you invoke as
Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live
in reverent fear during the time of your exile. 18 You know that you were
ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable
things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that
of a lamb without defect or blemish. 20 He was destined before the foundation of
the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. 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 so that you have genuine mutual love, love
one another deeply from the heart. 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable
but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.