1 Peter 1:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

New Living Translation
You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

English Standard Version
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Berean Study Bible
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

New American Standard Bible
Since you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,

NASB 1995
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

NASB 1977
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

Amplified Bible
Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],

Christian Standard Bible
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Contemporary English Version
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.

Good News Translation
Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.

International Standard Version
Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

NET Bible
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
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,

King James 2000 Bible
Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:

New Heart English Bible
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:

World English Bible
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

American King James Version
Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:

American Standard Version
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:

A Faithful Version
Having purified your lives by obedience to the Truth unto unfeigned brotherly love through the Spirit, love one another fervently with a pure heart.

Darby Bible Translation
Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

English Revised Version
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:

Webster's Bible Translation
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten saynynge se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unhypocritical brotherly love, love one another earnestly out of a pure heart,

Berean Literal Bible
Having purified your souls in obedience to the truth unto sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently, out of a pure heart,

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Smith's Literal Translation
Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially:

Literal Emphasis Translation
Having purified your souls by compliance to the truth unto authentic brotherly love, love one another fervently from out of a pure heart.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

Catholic Public Domain Version
So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So that your souls would be sanctified in obedience to the truth and that they be filled with love without partiality, that you would be loving one another from a pure and perfect heart,

Lamsa Bible
Let your souls be sanctified by obedience to the truth, and be filled with sincere love, so that you may love one another with pure and perfect hearts:

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Having purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, to unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

Godbey New Testament
Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:

Haweis New Testament
Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love each other intensely out of a pure heart:

Mace New Testament
You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

Weymouth New Testament
Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

Worrell New Testament
Having purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart earnestly;

Worsley New Testament
Having therefore purified your souls by obedience to the truth, through the Spirit, to brotherly love unfeigned, love one another with a pure heart fervently:
















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