Through grace we have been saved and in obeying the truth of the Scriptures we will love each other as He loved us. Nothing in this world will last but the agape love of God made flesh, Jesus Christ, will live forever. And these two commands He gave us: Love God above any person, place or thing and love others as much as we love ourselves. If we obey His words we will fulfill all of the commandments of God. Loving each other is fellowship and loving others is brotherly love.....through our fellowship we should let the world see His love for all of His creation.
Peter does not say that we purify our own souls but that we accomplish the purification of our souls by obedience to God’s truth. Peter reminds his readers of our transitory nature with an OT quote, comparing us to the temporary things of this world—a direct contrast to God’s permanent work and His eternal word.
1 Peter 1:22-25
22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because
“All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
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