22 You have obeyed what is true and that has made your hearts clean. And now you really love your Christian brothers. So with your clean hearts, love each other very much.
23 You have been made Gods children. He did not make you his children by something that dies, but by something that cannot die. That is the word of God.
24 The holy writings say, People may be great. But they are like a flower on the grass. The grass dies and the flower falls off.
25 But the word of the Lord cannot die! And this word is the good news which has been told to you.